Biological Sciences Division

Scientists unearth 2.6-million-year-old hominin fossil in Ethiopia

Lower jaw of Paranthropus, discovered by UChicago-led team, reshapes understanding of early hominins

New study highlights link between eviction rates and gun violence

Research from UChicago underlines the protective role of social cohesion in disadvantaged neighborhoods

How cells ‘change their mind’ and save work in progress

New research from UChicago reveals cells routinely form structures to bundle unfinished messages

Fossil study rewrites timeline of evolution of hearing in mammals

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear like us

Secrets of the butterfly ‘supergene’ that controls wing colors and patterns

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect themselves from predators

UChicago paleontologists unveil duck-billed dinosaur ‘mummies’

66 million-year-old fossils preserved in muddy badlands of Wyoming featured scales, spikes and hooves

Hyde Park Labs and UChicago Science Incubator launch

New commercial space aims to turn research into real-world solutions, support deep tech startups

UChicago researchers map entire subcontinent for sustainable development

New analysis of street-level data across sub-Saharan Africa shows how access to infrastructure dramatically improves the lives of people in cities

Ancient fossil fish reveals key step before evolutionary boom

Digital reconstruction of tiny, 400-million-year-old jawless fish shows how traits for evading predators later gave rise to hunters