Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

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

Most humans favour their right hand, a trait deeply rooted in our evolutionary past. This dominance, linked to language ...

A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

Evolutionary biology explores how living systems change over time through variation, inheritance and differential success. At its heart lies the concept of descent with modification: populations ...

The study of early vertebrates provides an essential window into the evolutionary processes that shaped modern biodiversity. Fossil discoveries spanning the Silurian to Devonian periods reveal a ...

The Templeton Prize honours those who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...