Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and thrives.

By creating mathematical models of memory engrams, scientists determined that having seven senses would maximize our mental ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

An “emotional and inspiring” archaeological find of Paleolithic tools has revealed a long-lost prehistoric passage that may have enabled movement between Ayvalık and Europe. Continuous stretches of ...

Not literally, of course. But similarly to an ant colony, two scientists say our collective culture—not genetics—has become the driving force of our evolution.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping advisory practices, improving efficiency and amplifying the human side of financial advice.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

Imagine how much better our parties would be! While our evolution into trans-human party machines may still be a million ...