The brain's complexity stems from evolutionary layering—new functions built atop ancient foundations, resulting in a tangled ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

Humans are not yet done cooking. We're continuing to evolve and adjust to the world around us, the records of our adaptations ...

A new study led by Profs. Xu Tao and He Shunmin from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

living by the ancient and enduring adaptation of hunting and gathering. Historically, studies in human evolution greatly emphasised Europe. While the balance has rightly been redressed to a global ...

They covered high and low terrain, in warm and cold, wet and dry—all the while, living by the ancient and enduring adaptation of hunting and gathering. Historically, studies in human evolution ...

This adaptation to hypoxia showcases human evolution in response to extreme living conditions. In order to survive in the low oxygen conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, people living there have ...