Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

Prof Claire Spottiswoode joins other prominent UCT-based researchers as well as renowned greats from around the world who’ve ...

Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...

Paleoneurobiologist Emiliano Bruner explores the superpower of projecting images and words that has allowed us to make a ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

Paleoophiocordyceps gerontoformicae and Paleoophiocordyceps ironomyiae are the names given to two newly discovered ancient ...

Study results advance understanding of how human cells evolved and could help point to new solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases.

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining new insights into the function of these critical ...