3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (119+ words) Using a new computational toolkit, Yale researchers recovered evolutionary clues from highly degraded DNA and identified two extinct lineages of giant tortoises....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (510+ words) The Galápagos snapdragon, once close to disappearing, is showing encouraging signs of recovery through a long-term partnership between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate. For decades, the Galápagos snapdragon was known from little more than a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (566+ words) Growing evidence that early human relatives do not fit neatly into traditional categories is prompting a proposal to expand the genus Homo. The human family tree is becoming harder to fit into the categories scientists have used for decades. Research…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (557+ words) Microlithic projectile points from Uzbekistan may link Central Asia to a revised story of Homo sapiens’ early expansion into Europe. Researchers have identified tiny triangular projectile points at the Obi Rakhmat site in Uzbekistan by studying the marks left when…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (703+ words) A study shows that monkeys use their feet to climb trees as skillfully as chimpanzees. The way a primate climbs a tree can offer clues about how our own ancestors once moved. New research suggests that whatever scientists eventually determine…...