Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

The story of Earth's first animals may need rewriting after ancient fossils revealed an earlier start to complex life.

For years, the common belief among scientists was that human evolution had basically slowed to a crawl once we invented ...

Boston, MA – July 8, 2026 – The award-winning PBS science series, NOVA, part of the GBH documentary unit, today announced EVOLUTION, a new five-part series that traces the epic journey of life, from a ...

USP’s Diane McCarthy on the emerging standards platform and opportunities for stakeholders to help shape standards evolution.

Inherited retinal degenerations are a diverse group of genetic disorders that result in progressive vision loss. Advances in ...

Longevity research has evolved from ancient myths, like Emperor Qin Shi Huang's quest for an elixir, into a multi-billion ...

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between.

Corresponding bones of the hands and feet are known to covary in size and shape in humans and other primates, suggesting that the human hand and foot may have coevolved. While this pattern has been ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The nightmare that jolts you awake at 3 a.m. isn’t a malfunction. It may be one of the ...

Mental health clinicians are over five times more likely to see evolutionary explanations of anxiety as helpful for their patients, rather than the genetic approaches currently taught to trainee ...