Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everything that is alive today has evolved, including human beings. Our ancestors evolved many traits that helped them survive in ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement. For example, humans have ...

Human Evolution has come pretty far during our time on Earth. But, do you ever wonder, what humans could evolve to look like 100, 200, or 2,000 years from now? How might we be different? Join Hank and ...

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

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...