The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century ...

An international team of scientists led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) has described a new species of fossilized ...

The biological study of species offers no equivalent to such transmutation. An individual which belongs to a given species will always belong to that species, come what may. And assigning an ...

The origin of the Origin / Michael Ruse -- Darwin's analogy between artificial and natural selection in the origin of species / Mark A. Largent -- Variation and inheritance / Robert Olby -- Darwin's ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was one of the most important books in human history. It polarized the entire world and continues to be a subject of debate when it was originally published in ...

The fossil of a tiny fish found in southwestern Alberta provides new insight into the origin and evolution of otophysans, the ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Just last year Science hailed stem cell isolation and culture as the "breakthrough of the year." 1 Much of the excitement over stem cells derives from their potential to differentiate into any cell ...