“Sometimes redundancy has a way of showing up under certain conditions; they’re not truly redundant,” said Michael Snyder, ...

Experts have been studying remote mountain communities and found they have certain genetic advantages which prove that ...

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

The findings demonstrate how strongly humans can influence the evolution of animals. "Charles Darwin assumed that long periods of time—millions of years—are required for major changes to take ...