Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Sometimes, the most significant scientific discoveries happen by accident. Scientists have long known that whole-genome ...

Over time, plants have evolved various strategies to defend against herbivores. A new study uncovers how these plant defense ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

A study published March 27 in the journal Science finds that a unique and ancient spate of genetic mutations was key to the ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...

The long-standing question of how animals came to have an anus may have been solved by studies of which genes are active ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...