For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

A new analysis supports the previously overlooked "brain lag" hypothesis—the idea that, in some primate lineages, the evolution of larger body size preceded the evolution of larger brain size—while ...

Scientists explore whether humor influenced language evolution, suggesting "survival of the wittiest" shaped communication ...

Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...

Thirty years ago, it was our common sense understanding that hantavirus does not and perhaps cannot spread from human to ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

The longest documented family tree in the world belongs to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, whose descendants can be traced across more than 80 generations, stretching nearly 3,000 years from his ...

Hundreds of people died last week across Europe from the heat; they’re a symptom of a larger problem that governments around the world have failed to address — that goes far beyond simply global ...

New research led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks archaeologist reveals that the earliest Native Americans had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, and ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.