The latest discoveries by an international research team, which includes Academy Research Fellow Ferhat Kaya from the ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live ...

"Convergent evidence shows beyond doubt that ecological diversity sits at the heart of our species." ...

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

“For over a hundred years, it was hypothesized that our ancestors lived in grassland savannahs and that this major ecosystem change drove human evolution, including the origins of bipedalism and ...

A newly identified crocodile species from Ethiopia lived in the same landscapes and at the same time as Lucy and her species ...

A female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito takes a blood meal from a host. For millennia, this mosquito has spread malaria. Researchers now think that these mosquitoes — and the disease they carry — ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Paleo. Carnivore. Caveman. Whatever term you prefer to ...

The research unveils a more intricate narrative of innovation, intelligence, and human evolution in East Asia.

(CNN) — Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their ...