Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, scientists have had a way to understand how life on Earth changed over millions of years. Today, we ...

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Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures.” ...

In Darwin Comes to Town, he takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunningly flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be. With human populations growing, we're having an ...

In 1904, thousands of indigenous people were brought to the St. Louis World’s Fair to be put on public display. Scientists offered them as examples of lower stages of human evolution. Some were ...

A century after teacher John Scopes was tried for presenting human evolution in the classroom, a new book argues the trial ...

Evolution can shed light on the entirety of the human experience—and it has the extraordinary capacity to help us live richer lives.

Campus News Genome study reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution A study led by UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar of Genomics & Bioinformatics Erik Enbody paints a dynamic picture of how species ...

UD’s celebration of Darwin Day, an international event honoring the naturalist’s birthday, will cover two days (Feb. 15-16) with speakers discussing Charles Darwin’s work in formulating the theory of ...