The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

The African clawed frog is used as a model organism for biological research because of its close evolutionary relationship to humans, and because early development occurs externally, allowing ...

New research pushes back the oldest evidence of C4 grass-dominated habitats in Africa -- and globally -- by more than 10 million years, with important implications for primate evolution and the ...

Yet despite its apparent absurdity, its journey is a reminder of how few modern boats ply African waterways, and how much ...

From the perspective of complex systems, a new study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of ...