A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.
Humans appear to be set apart from much of the animal kingdom, even if we do say so ourselves. While we often credit our ...
Ten fossil teeth belong to new Australopithecus species Found in Afar Region, they are 2.65 million years old This species coexisted with an early Homo species Fossils underscore complex nature of ...
Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...
TIME: Much of what you write about in the book involves the idea of “dispersal” as an evolutionary process that could ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study reveals rapid evolution of common brain neurons may explain autism’s high prevalence in humans (CREDIT: Shutterstock) What ...
A new study argues that human culture — including religion, politics and war — influences how wildlife evolves in cities. In Los Angeles, factors such as policing, zoning, and local values and ...