Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

Every living being must cope with a changing world—summer gives way to winter, one year it floods and the next is a drought.

“Early humans comprised a subdivided, shifting, pan-African meta-population with physical and cultural diversity,” read a ...

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 ...

The evolution of pathogens has received attention in a wide range of scientific fields, such as epidemiology, demography, and evolutionary ecology. Understanding pathogen evolution is particularly ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with ...

Healthcare organizations are investing in tools to help them understand data and turn it into actionable information, and the following are the tools the majority of organizations are investing in.