In what is now Shandong, eastern China, researchers have discovered one of the oldest matrilineal societies known to science, ...

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

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

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

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift — driven not by genes, but by culture. Cultural practices — from farming ...