Many people hold the view that evolution in humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists are in ...

Between the time when early modern humans emerged in Africa and when they spread around the globe, they developed complex behaviors that enabled them — and us — to adapt and thrive in new environments ...

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What they found is the clearest evidence yet that humans in general, and cities specifically, are a dominant force driving the evolution of life globally.

Under the traditional definition of natural selection, animals, humans and other organisms that most quickly adapt to their environment have a better shot at surviving. In his paper, Hendrycks ...

The birth of evolutionary thought began with Darwin, but in 1859 all he could mention of human evolution was simply that "light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history." ...

Environmental pressures may have led humans to become more tolerant and friendly towards each other as the need to share food and raw materials became mutually beneficial, a new study suggests.

Justine Paradis: The factors behind the evolution of a language are complex. They might include war, contact with other cultures, technology, lifestyle. But does the list include landscape?

In a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide in Australia have revealed new details on human evolution by studying ...