A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is ...

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans.

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

F or the past century and a half, the concept of evolution has primarily been wielded by those describing change of a purely ...

A study led by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz provides the first direct evidence that species that never interact can profoundly influence each other's evolution, challenging a long-held focus on ...

Reporters from across the United States flocked to eastern Tennessee in July 1925. In the small town of Dayton, biology teacher John Scopes went on trial for the crime of teaching human evolution.