In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

Aliens probably look just like we do, a new study suggests. This is because scientists now believe life on Earth evolved in a ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Scientists have revealed a new model which suggests humanity is the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and is not ...

Short snouts and a flat profile—within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

This is likely down to new breeding practices introduced ... The findings demonstrate how strongly humans can influence the evolution of animals. "Charles Darwin assumed that long periods of ...