Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers examined muscle attachment sites on ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet ...

New research in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that the ancient ‘Lazarus’ primate was North America's last until ...

Kissing is rare in non-human animals, but is a behavior seen in some of our closest relatives – like the chimpanzee “The evolution of kissing is best understood through the biology and ...

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The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

Researchers calculated the flight ability of more than 80 ancient cicada species to analyze their evolution over time ... between the materials, the anatomy and the flow of these animals ...

"Drosophila is such a productive system in many ways," said Rachel Thayer, a postdoctoral researcher working with Distinguished Professor David Begun at the UC Davis Department of Evolution and ...

But after two decades of research, and no small amount of controversy, we can be sure that Homo floresiensis wasn’t really anything close to a short human with big feet and a penchant for seed ...