If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

The bold question-askers at What If examine how merging with machines could mark the next phase in human evolution.

Maybe, with a little luck, he would make another discovery that would change the map of human evolution. A version of this story appears in the February 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to ...

This is why Lucy has been the face of human evolution for the last 50 years Other researchers are more confident in holding up H. luzonensis as a new species.

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

Our Pleistocene family tree is in no way restricted to simply just us, the neanderthals and the denisovans. Throughout the course of this iconic epoch of the Cenozoic, the Homo genus was experimenting ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have evolved testicles of all different sizes. In almost all these separate cases, ...

In a world where tradition often meets rebellion, younger generations find themselves rewriting the marriage rulebook with ...