Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Genetics may no longer be the driving force of human evolution, a study by researchers from the University of Maine suggests.

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species ...

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer to 1 in 31, or 3.2%. That’s far higher than what researchers observe in ...

Menopause has been observed in a population of wild chimpanzees for the first time, challenging long-held beliefs about the evolution of post-reproductive survival in humans. The discovery, published ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...