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Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Webb telescope captures PMR 1 nebula 5,000 light-years away that resembles a cosmic brain, revealing how dying stars create ...

Scientists and institutions present findings on evolution, genetics, and neuroscience, underscoring active research areas ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Creationism assumes that every living form on the earth was created as it is seen now by God. Darwin’s theory of evolution is ...

A new study in the journal Science reveals that interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans was strongly sex-biased. This social dynamic explains why Neanderthal DNA is missing from our X chromosome ...

A physician introduces a provocative theory linking informational overload and evolutionary mismatch to modern disease ...

Book of the Day: For serious readers willing to grapple with its complexity, it offers not definitive answers but a radical ...

A team of experts have found a tooth in Ethiopia which may rewrite our human family tree and forever alter our understanding of where we came from.

Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...

Humans differ from other primates due to their relatively large, permanent breasts, and their development has so far not been conclusively explained. According to a study conducted at the University ...