Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

Regular contact with fire could play a key role in the formation of the human genome, affecting the mechanisms of healing and immune response. This is the conclusion reached by scientists at Imperial ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

Learn how an ancient fish gene was repurposed to shape the anatomy of human hands.

Human evolution may no longer be driven primarily by genetics, according to a new theory by researchers at the University of Maine which claims that cultural systems are now shaping the way humans ...