Humans first evolved as a distinct species, Homo sapiens, around 300,000 years ago in Africa. In terms of biological time, we are a young species on this planet-- an unfinished animal, our evolution ...

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...

The idea of a missing evolutionary link between humans and apes is both compelling and persistent, but the truth is more ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Chinese scientists who discovered a ‘genetic switch’ that restored damaged mice ear tissue say their research could one day ...