Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

In this episode of Tiny Matters, we explore the complex and essential relationship between plants and animals across evolution and some of the pivotal moments that allowed humans to exist and that led ...

Daily and seasonal variations in temperature, annual cycles of precipitation, and larger swings in climate shape adaptations of plants and ... Journal of Human Evolution 45, 145-153 (2003).

What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens.

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

This new research explored the origin and evolution of the biochemical machinery that builds lignin, a structural component ...

The evolution of sex chromosomes is a fascinating process that has occurred independently across various species, including ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.