evolution

A team of researchers led by Cleveland Museum of Natural History Curator and Case Western Reserve University Adjunct Professor Yohannes Haile-Selassie found a previously unknown early human ancestor in the Afar region of Ethiopia that could change the way scientists view human evolution.

Rocky wowed scientists when he showed he could control his vocal cords much the way people do. His abilities suggest that early humans might have spoken words 10 million years ago.

They were ugly. And, unfortunately, they were not equipped with an anus. But the sand dwellers could be an important part of filling in our own early evolutionary tree.

10:00 Charles Darwin, father of evolution, did his part to ensure the survival of the species by having ten children. Most of their accomplishments have…

The life and work of Charles Darwin, with Charles Darwin biographer and The Ohio State University evolution, ecology and organismal biology professor…