A groundbreaking DNA study reveals how genetic mutations pass through generations, offering new insights into disease and ...

New research has revealed an incredible discovery: modern humans carry 20% of their genetic material from a mysterious ...

Environmental Variability Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation Among Humans ... Wealth Inequality's Deep Roots in Human Prehistory Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human ...

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Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

Perhaps, without some fortuitous mix-up on the genetic assembly line long ago, human intelligence might ... is intelligent life an inevitable result of evolution?

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual.

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

Like humans today, they maintained good balance because their center of gravity moved forward in a straight line. By contrast ... species in the story of human evolution. Lucy's pelvis hints ...

The Human Evolution gallery will be closed between 19 and 23 May while we make some improvements to the cases. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. Meet your ancient relatives, trace ...