Humans present evolutionary science with an unusual challenge. We possess characteristics rarely seen elsewhere in nature, and in some cases apparently unique in their degree: complex language, ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields ...

A familiar theory of cultural evolution says early humans experienced a 'revolution' in development, but new research shows that the process may have been more gradual. Using tools seems like second ...

Natural selection has long been considered the driving force behind human evolution. But a landmark study of 87 fossil skulls spanning the past two million years suggests the story is far more complex ...

According to a National Center for Science Education survey from last year, eight out of 10 Americans agree that this theory ...

One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

Co-written with Clark Maxon. A theory proposed in 1992 by American ethnobotanist Terence McKenna in his book Food of the Gods is often informally referred to as the “Stoned Ape” theory. McKenna ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, palaeoanthropology and its related fields ...