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

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study ...

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

Two baby pterosaur fossils contain rare evidence of how they died 150 million years ago — and the specimens solve a larger ...

“We observed the rise and fall of different combinations of mutations at different times of infection, supporting the idea ...

On a scale of 0 to 100%, the importance of nutrition for a professional football team to have real chances of winning a title ...

Recently, in a “wild” new spin on the theory, known as directed panspermia, it’s been suggested that “aliens sent microbes or ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

Researchers discovered the earliest instance in which fish took advantage of their gill bones to make a new innovation in the ...

Researchers developed a fully automated cooperation task showing that rats engage in true reciprocity, not just mutual ...

The American Apophis Strategy is simple, powerful, and cost-effective: keep OSIRIS-APEX on track and unleash Janus through a public-private partnership. This would put the U.S. in the lead — not just ...