Cooperation is a pillar of human society, promoting an exchange of skills and knowledge between different individuals and ...

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives.

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...

Desmond Morris, the zoologist, author, artist and television presenter, has died aged 98. Morris was best known for his book, ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

When an axolotl loses a limb to a hungry predator, it sprouts a structurally sound replacement, rebuilding flesh, bone, and ...

Humans carry a surprising relic from deep evolutionary history, one that traces back to a tiny, one-eyed ancestor that lived ...

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

The sounds made by sperm whales are “one of the closest parallels” in the animal kingdom to the language of humans, a study ...

A proposed dam in Kathmandu’s northeastern ridge promises to revive the sewage-choked sacred Bagmati River that runs past ...

According to Hulsey’s research, decisions like that could lead to evolutionary changes within decades for native species. The ...

From the ability to detect the smell of wet soil to the scent of ripe fruit, the human olfactory system has evolved over ...