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

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

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

By the time you tell yourself there’s nothing in the dark alley, your amygdala has already disagreed. Here’s why, according ...

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

Among the myriad of actions performed exclusively by humans, crying appears to be the most enigmatic. While no other animals ...

A leading evolutionary biologist whose textbooks on evolution are widely read by college students around the country will receive the prestigious Joseph Leidy Award, the Academy of Natural Sciences of ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the fittest” is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and get passed from ...