The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

This important study probes the long-standing failure to resolve evolutionary relationships between the classical "spiralian" taxa - i.e., annelids, molluscs, brachiopods, platyhelminths and ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small cave is rewriting the story of the region's earliest modern humans. The ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

During a recent talk at the invitation of the University of Alberta, Dr. Karine Khatchadourian offered a candid appraisal of ...

Members of the Atapuerca Research Team from the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), the Centro ...

Nearly 100 million years ago, snakes weren’t the sleek, limbless creatures we know today—they still had hind legs and even a ...

What causes autoimmune disease? A new study finds that somatic mutations in immune checkpoint genes like PDL1 trigger the ...

There is strong scientific consensus surrounding this story and it is informed by multiple converging lines of evidence.

The Supreme Court held that secretly recorded conversations can be admitted if relevant and legally compliant. Privacy rights ...

As algorithms begin to testify in our courtrooms, the scales of justice are facing a digital recalibration that challenges ...