You've seen it before. The chart of an ape walking on all fours, shedding its hair, standing upright, grabbing a spear and growing taller to become a modern human. This diagram called 'The March ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

While On the Origin of Species does not address human evolution, critics assume (correctly ... critics attack Darwin's theory for bestializing humankind. Thomas Henry Huxley, known as "Darwin's ...

A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

The research proposes that the emergence of humanity on Earth was not as improbable as previously thought, potentially ...

When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

This seminar module will present both historical and current issues in the study of human evolution, including new hominid fossil descriptions, debates over interpretations and explanatory models of ...