It would be tempting to believe that human evolution has slowed since our ancestors left Africa 300,000 years ago. Yet a new ...
A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...
Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...
The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...
Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...
Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...