A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Timelapse of the Entire Universe is a visual journey through 13.8 billion years of cosmic history, from the birth of time itself to the present moment. In just minutes, this film compresses the ...

Zhu Maoyan (second from right) and his students and colleagues conduct a fieldwork in Qinghai province in 2016. CHINA DAILY What began as a simple childhood fascination has driven Zhu Maoyan into ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

Yunxian 1 (left) and Yunxian 2 (right) are skulls unearthed in China that had been badly crushed. Scientists digitally reconstructed Yunxian 2 (center) and analyzed its relationship to other early ...

HUBEI, China — A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...