Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

The mating rituals of many bird species involve elaborate dances and displays by the males. The evolutionary reasons for the ...

Perhaps even the big brains of human beings evolved as seduction devices ... These troubled Charles Darwin. If selective survival drives evolution, then how could such ornaments come into existence, ...

New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...

Selfishness aids survival but requires balance in society. While modern life rewards both selfish and cooperative behaviors, ...

If an algorithm can mimic creativity, interact, generate art, and compose music, what does that say about the human soul? Or ...

Tinkering with human embryos will certainly be worth ... worried that one day humans will no longer be controlled by Darwin’s evolution”. If that prediction comes true, Mr He will certainly ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

As I write, hundreds of ancient human remains are secretly being buried in a remote desert 1,000km from Sydney (New South ...

Our research takes place on a South Florida island roughly the size of an American football field – assuming we’re successful ...