Humans present evolutionary science with an unusual challenge. We possess characteristics rarely seen elsewhere in nature, and in some cases apparently unique in their degree: complex language, ...

A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Add Popular Science ...

An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in ...

A major research study is challenging one of evolution’s most influential ideas: that most genetic changes that become permanent are essentially neutral. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...

A review examines the prevailing theory of cancer evolution. The authors highlight both practical and theoretical limitations of the clonal model of cancer evolution and propose areas for improving ...

A controversial explanation for why human childbirth is so painful has enraged the internet. Elena Bridgers, a science writer and researcher who focuses on the evolution of motherhood, recently shared ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. The model, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

When Darwin proposed his theory that asserted that humans share a common ancestry with other animals through an evolutionary process, a common rebuttal claimed that there needed to be a creature who ...

Amid god-centered beliefs, some thinkers of ancient Greece wondered if life arose naturally, centuries before evolution ...

In the article "To Effectively Discuss Evolution, First Define 'Theory'" in the May 12 issue of The Scientist (R. Lewis, page 13), it was stated that the term "theory of evolution" should be replaced ...