The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

When our distant ancestors first traded nomadic life for farming, villages, and permanent homes, you might assume that the ...

A new study shows the virus could have doubled the frequency of genetic variants in a South African province if effective ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

The story of human evolution is far from a straight line — it’s a complex web of species, adaptations, and interconnections.

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.

This is follow up to prior posts criticizing a subset of scholars who use evolutionary theory, those identified with Evolutionary Psychology (capital letters), an offspin from sociobiology whose ...