New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

A groundbreaking analysis of nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia reveals that human evolution accelerated over the past 10,000 years, contrary to prior assumptions. Researchers identified ...

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New research on primate social structures and brain anatomy is offering deeper insights into the evolutionary pathways of humans. Studies on baboons, macaques, and chimpanzees reveal complex social ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...