Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

An international collaboration study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone ...

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

Taking wellness seriously is about building a company that performs well under pressure, because its people know how to ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

The rise of artificial intelligence has affected many facets of society, including education. Writer Abby Moore explores how ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...