Not literally, of course. But similarly to an ant colony, two scientists say our collective culture—not genetics—has become ...

Researchers from Switzerland and the United States found that DNA elements active in the cloaca of fish were later recycled during evolution to control digit growth in four-limbed animals ...

It is said that "the moral law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us." ...

In a recent op-ed in PNAS, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary ...

The Middle Pleistocene was a turning point for human adaptation in East Asia, as shifting climates reshaped landscapes and demanded new survival strategies.

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Scientists found honey bee genes tied to social behavior that resemble human ones, suggesting ancient shared roots.

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, ...

Its unusual geology has preserved human remains, but it also offers a glimpse into the forces we think drove our evolution. So ... The people who survived emerged stronger than ever. (animal bleating) ...

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Sri Lanka’s foremost biodiversity scientist, Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda, describes this country as “a veritable Garden of Eden for ...

High school textbooks may frame evolution as a thing of the past, but it is very much alive, said Dr. Arkhat Abzhanov, a ...