This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, researchers discussed the role of climatic shifts and vegetation changes in driving the evolution within the subfamily ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Human evolution might be more "bizarre" than we once thought, according to a new study. In the past, scientists believed that hominin evolution was largely driven by changes in climate. But now, ...

British scientists unveiled research indicating that the human brain grew slowly over millions of years, occurring gradually within each species of ancient humans and contradicting previous beliefs of ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Ben Wintner As society ...

Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus,evolved from the bird-biting form, Culex pipiens form pipiens, in subways and cellars in northern ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Why is human culture—the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations—so much more powerful than animal cultures? "What's special about our species?" is a question scientists have wrestled ...

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...