Jean-Jacques Hublin discovered Homo sapiens fossils that pushed back our species’ origins by 100,000 years. Now, in a new ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Human diets have evolved through a complex interplay of biological, environmental, and cultural factors from the Pleistocene era to the present day. This ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

The human body is a key subject of research by scientists worldwide. A biomedical engineering research team led by Professor ...

According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the rate of child abuse in Kentucky is ...

A new study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.