The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of the past.

Why does hitting your funny bone feel like an electric shock rather than a bruise? An evolutionary biologist explains the ...

According to a new evolutionary model published in Current Biology, the paired retinas of humans and other vertebrates arose ...

Ant parenting may have evolved from the same brain systems that once controlled hunger. Researchers found that two chemical ...

In a study published in the journal Science, researchers in Queensland and the United States discovered that the human X chromosome attracts an unusual kind of DNA mutation, potentially doubling the ...

FIE refers to the evolutionary pressure on marine populations resulting from excessively high fishing levels. Despite the deep-rooted assumption that evolution occurs over millions of years, FIE ...

Intensive poultry farming transforms Campylobacter jejuni ecology, enhancing host adaptability and raising concerns for foodborne illness transmission.

In "The God Test," Robert Wright considers an evolutionary leap in which human consciousness becomes infused with AI.

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

But did our direct ancestors interbreed with other long-lost hominin lineages before the first major migrations out of Africa ...

The study determined that people in non-monogamous relationships report less jealousy than their counterparts.