The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

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Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

Neanderthal populations suffered a single late genetic bottleneck, refuting long-held theories about their diversity.

Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

Scientists have successfully extracted ancient proteins from two-million-year-old teeth, a breakthrough providing previously unobtainable details on ...

“That is what it means to be human—to extend who we are.” Clearly Harbisson’s antenna is merely a beginning. But are we on the way to redefining how we evolve? Does evolution now mean not ...

Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid ...

Is Human Evolution Over? Briana Pobiners research centers on the evolution of human diets (especially meat-eating) in Africa and Asia, but has included topics as diverse as cannibalism in the Cook ...