Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025.

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 ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

A portrait of Charles Darwin taken in 1868 by noted photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species was published in 1859. His theory of evolution by natural selection was ...

An excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith. After my brief opening statement, the rest of our time was set aside for “discussion.” The two-hour meeting felt ...