Misconceptions about human evolution have circulated since the 1920s. At Stony Brook University, researchers in the ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Increased vegetation growth in European mountains, driven by climate and land-use changes, reduces the genetic diversity of ...

The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...