An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in ...

The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.

Complex life may have started its rise in Earth’s oxygen-free oceans nearly a billion years earlier than anyone imagined.

Strong competition for mates triggers dramatic changes in beetles, offering rare insight into the early stages of species ...

A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis is displayed as part of an exhibition that includes the 3.2 ...

Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...

Researchers say rapid tech and environmental changes have outpaced human evolution to our mental and physical detriment.

The first major finding is that while most cognitive skills in puppies develop surprisingly early, they develop independently ...

The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

Lesch’s theory is that the main driver of the domestication is human trash. “Animals love our trash. It’s an easy source of ...