An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, nerve cells, egg cells and sperm to name a few. The division of labour among ...

Medicinal plants across the world are exemplary models for studying the evolutionary and ecological processes that shape ...