Learn why some researchers say that our culture – not genetics – is driving our evolution and what that could mean for our ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is ...

By creating mathematical models of memory engrams, scientists determined that having seven senses would maximize our mental ...

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.

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

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

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

A recent study reveals that the smartest dogs possess cognitive abilities akin to young children, showcasing advanced social ...

Scientists have claimed in a new paper that humans are going through a significant evolutionary period right now. You might ...

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often ...

Exposed in 1953, the Piltdown Man forgery misled scientists for four decades. Charles Dawson’s fake fossils combined a ...

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