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

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other species.

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer to 1 in 31, or 3.2%. That’s far higher than what researchers observe in ...

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

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

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

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

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is ...