A new Yale-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses to date of genetic variation in human ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from the lineage leading to Neanderthals and Denisovans about half a million years ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift — driven not by genes, but by culture. In a paper published in the Oxford ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

By analyzing the genetic material of thousands of ancient humans, researchers have mapped how natural selection influenced ...

The functional domain of the cerebellum has expanded beyond motor control to also include cognitive and affective functions. In line with this notion, cerebellar volume has increased over recent ...

Religion, politics and war are interconnected in complex ways, especially in cities where human decisions dramatically affect the environment. While religious practices can shape moral frameworks 1, ...