The Dawn of Mankind Our journey begins in the depths of time, where our earliest ancestors roamed the earth. These ...

Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, scientists have had a ...

New research uncovers how evolution and improved living conditions are accelerating men's growth more than women's.

Homo sapiens' entry into Europe might have hastened Neandertals' extinction. Neandertals may have had a greater penchant for ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

It turns out that, as well as training and other factors, body shape plays a role when it comes to running performance in ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Diet has been a crucial component of human evolution, says Tina Lüdecke, a geochemist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany. A switch from a vegetarian diet to the habitual ...

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents details how animal relationships can offer perspective on sexual diversity, social ...

A new study reveals how mathematical models can explain the formation and evolution of human societies and kinship systems.