Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial ...

In other words, he believed it to be a so-called “missing link” in the family tree between living apes and Homo sapiens. Dart ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount ...

Our early human ancestor was capable of running ... at the University of Liverpool and lead author of the paper. “In all probability, she could run only through short bursts of energy rather ...

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

Blue eyes have captivated humans for centuries - but how did this rare eye colour come about, and why are people with blue ...

A pioneering genetic study by Dr Hans Eiberg and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen has traced the lineage of all ...

However, scientists now have strong genetic evidence that supports an African origin of all Homo sapiens. The model, widely ...