There’s a problem with that “March of Progress” picture that’s so often used to illustrate our species’ development: it ends. Human evolution, the image implies, began in apehood and finishes here, ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

This shift isn’t just about faster problem-solving; it’s changing what it means to be human. Culture is inherently collective ...

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

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Imagine how much better our parties would be! While our evolution into trans-human party machines may still be a million ...

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

A new study explores how culture is overtaking genetics as the driving force in human evolution and shaping our future.

Perhaps such a transition will be increasingly adaptive. Faced with growing ecological and social crises, the current ...

In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea that ...