A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

NEW YORK — Sometimes the biggest discoveries come in the smallest packages. Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain—have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

It’s that time of year again: summer’s cooling down, school’s starting, and I’ve set my schedule of ITEC conference appearances for the fall. If you read this column and want to come say hello, I’d ...

When you try to understand people and explain why they do what they do, what frame do you use? The most common, intuitive (and highly useful) approach is the “belief-desire” frame. That is, people in ...

A newly discovered genetic mutation unique to humans may help explain why we are significantly more vulnerable to cancer than our closest evolutionary relatives. Researchers at the University of ...

All animals possess some capacity for repairing and replacing the lining of their intestines, a process called intestinal regeneration. In mammals, including humans, this constant but relatively minor ...

Tail loss in gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans is believed to have occurred about 25 million years ago, when the group evolved away from Old World monkeys. A genetic change in our ancient ancestors ...