Like other living creatures, humans have been shaped by evolution. Over time, we have developed – and continue to develop – traits that help us survive.

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

Humans have been missing the mark since the beginning of their evolution, and the key to remedying this is to recognize the ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

The curious minds at What If compress the evolution of humans into just 20 minutes, exploring adaptation, migration, and ...

An international research team, including VUB data scientist Yannick Jadoul, has shed new light on the rhythmic nature of sexual behavior in bonobos. By precisely analyzing the tempo of movements ...