John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

An international genomics study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration. These early humans, who roamed the earth over 100,000 years ago, are believed ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

Fossil discovery pushes the history of Australian tree frogs back 55 million years, reshaping our understanding of their ...

A remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil, the most complete ever found, is revealing secrets of early flight. Discovered in Germany ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia’s earliest known species of tree frog – one that once hopped and croaked around an ancient lake near ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and ...

A newly discovered tiny mammal is sending shockwaves through the evolutionary science world its traits and fossil record are ...

Now that Wits University has taken over management of the Wits Sterkfontein Caves, they have been reopened to the public.