For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

Engelmann says that from the beginning of the Western intellectual tradition, people thought that only humans are rational.

The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

A surprising diversity of dog shapes and sizes evolved long before the Victorians began making modern breeds Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great ...

Distinct domestic dog types could have started developing thousands of years before modern breeding, archaeologists find.

A UB study highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans.

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