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

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is ...

Now some scientists claim in a new paper that culture has actually overtaken genetics as the leading force shaping human evolution, marking a major shift. Timothy Waring, an economist at the ...

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

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

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

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...