Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us ...

Some scientists say humans may be entering a new phase of evolution, one in which culture is becoming more powerful than genes in shaping our survival and future. At the heart of that idea is a ...

What will humans look like in the future? From stronger bodies to bigger brains, or maybe even merging with machines. Human evolution is far from over. But it’s not just natural selection shaping our ...

We conceive of life on Mars as consisting of strange alien figures, typical science-fiction creatures thriving in the extreme environments of space. But how realistic is this picture, really? As ...

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our species than most would think. If you’ve ever marvelled while watching a ...

For more than a century, scientists have sought to reconstruct human evolution using diverse lines of evidence, including fossils, genetic variation across populations and ancient DNA. Building on ...

On Sept. 17, researchers reported the formal identification of Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat from Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests. The study, published in Current Biology, marks the first ...