F or the past century and a half, the concept of evolution has primarily been wielded by those describing change of a purely biological nature. But according to ecologist Mark Vellend, this sort of ...

Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits ...

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific ...

When the first spark of life emerged on a young, ocean-covered Earth some four billion years ago, it didn’t happen at once.

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the ...

Self-correction and cultural reflexivity are crucial to psychology’s scientific role.

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...

PETRA III Swedish Materials Science are making beamline X-rays accessible for tracking the evolution of material properties ...