Fossils of this enigmatic group are rare ... including the area that contains Cobra Cave. Sayavongkhamdy, a co-author on the new study, died in April; the study is dedicated to his memory.

naledi. But what about other fossil hominins? Now that the news about the availability of 3D models has made its way into my circle of fellow anthropologists, many have been asking how I have ...

For over a thousand years, the story of human evolution was simple: Homo sapiens developed in Africa between 200,000 and ...

Even though we studied three different cobra groups, which evolved in different ... the same time that early humans appeared in the fossil record in those areas. Dr Wüster adds: "Many primates ...

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2013; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314702110 ...