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

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

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Continuous landmasses, now submerged, may have made it possible for early humans to cross between present-day Turkey and ...

The little brown lizards in New Orleans are thriving with blood levels of lead that Tulane scientists say should be lethal, ...

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs ...

The genomes of thousands of mosquitoes reveal how the slave trade enabled the spread of the species that transmits dengue and ...

Deepak Chopra explains how artificial intelligence should be viewed as "augmented intelligence" that expands human awareness rather than threatens it.

Recent groundbreaking research into ape genomes has uncovered mysterious non-human DNA structures that challenge our ...

Then there’s the doomy view best encapsulated by the title of a new book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. The authors, ...

The southern cassowary, a flightless bird native to rainforests, is a living link to prehistoric times, possessing powerful legs and a dagger-like cla ...