A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

Evolutionary genetics is the study of how genetic variation leads to evolutionary change. It includes topics such as the evolution of genome structure, the genetic basis of speciation and ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most revealing discoveries that have changed our understanding of our early ...

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Research into the origin of life. Learn how certain small molecule interactions may have been responsible for the life itself. You will find scientific theories and findings here.

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...