This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

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 ...

Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

Modern Formula 1 is defined as much by invisible air as by roaring engines. Over half a century, teams have turned ...

Between 2018 and 2024, the proportion of organizations enforcing dress codes via employee contracts plummeted from 30% […] ...

Discover the evolution of international trade agreements from mercantilism to modern global trade, highlighting trends in multilateral and regional arrangements.