A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with ...

Researchers have put forth a theory that humans are no longer subject to natural selection for evolution, but instead that ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...

The evolutionary trade-off that crossed humans' airway and food pathway, raising choking risk from toddlerhood to old age — and what it cost for speech.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

A strange theory suggests a human-like species, Homo floresiensis, may still inhabit Flores Island caves. These small-bodied hominins, known as Hobbits, were discovered in 2004 and puzzled scientists.

The NCAA Track and Field Championships took place last Wednesday at Hayward Field as redshirt freshman Ben Smith came out on top in the men’s... TrackTown USA got its headliner last weekend as the ...

Explore how ant behavior reveals insights into human parenting and brain evolution, enhancing our understanding of caregiving.

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme ...