Spider-Man #30!A high-stakes crossover adventure is officially on the way for Miles Morales, and they seemingly won’t stop ...

Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

Humans have evolved an exceptionally high metabolic rate, unlike any other known animal. Unlike primates that conserve energy ...

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...