The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

While dogs and cats are genetically unrelated, breeding for certain features is making some dog and cat breeds look more and ...

Human languages are known to have grown and changed considerably over the course of history, often reflecting technological, ...

A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...