A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus robustus, and Paranthropus aethiopicus are examined as a distinct but debated branch of ...

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The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...