Origins

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family, which includes all the great apes.

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Origins of Earth's Water May Not Be as Complicated as We Thought

Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

Origins Rewritten: Scientists Uncover the Lush Past of the World’s Largest Sand Desert

These Tiny Magnetic Bacteria Act Like a Single Body – And Could Explain the Origins of Complex Life

SETI Institute’s 2025 Drake Award recognizes origins of life research - EurekAlert!

How calcium may have unlocked the origins of life's molecular asymmetry

How calcium may have unlocked the origins of life’s molecular asymmetry - EurekAlert

Large Lakes Supplied Essential Element during Origins of Life, Study Suggests

From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation - EurekAlert

From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation

Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins

Pitt study makes new insights into the origins of ovarian cancer - EurekAlert

James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula

Researchers quantify the way rivers bend, opening up the possibility for identifying origins of channels on other planets - EurekAlert

Researchers quantify the way rivers bend, opening up the possibility for identifying origins of channels on other planets

Award-winning research may unlock universe’s origins - EurekAlert

We’re uncovering a radically different view of civilisation’s origins

Poem: ‘(origins, positrons)’

MIT scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst: « The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star. »

NASA’s New Space Telescope to Hunt for Ice That Could Harbor Life’s Origins