Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a recent study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to ...

Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate ...

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

Stories centered around true love's kiss might be tales as old as time. And, according to a new study, kisses might even have been around before humans walked the earth. Humans kiss each other ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...