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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Our Moon by Rebecca Boyle. You can read the book, join our community space, attend an event, sign up for our email newsletter, or send us a message via our ...

Some time, some place in the dark backward and abysm of time, the first “living” thing was created, and evolution began. But even the simplest organism is made up of enormously complicated chemical ...

The vibe in the biology classroom was tentative. The students knew what was coming. The professor knew what was coming. What was unknown was how it was going to turn out. But this was not a science ...