For over a thousand years, the story of human evolution was simple: Homo sapiens developed in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago from a single line of forebears. But today, one research has ...

Population bottlenecks caused by stark population loss due to illness or habitat destruction caused mammals' disease immunity ...

It is often assumed that modern humans are no longer evolving. But there is now considerable agreement among scientists that evolution is still affecting our species—and this process is taking place ...

The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t convinced by the analysis. By Carl Zimmer No place on the planet has escaped the ...

New research from across the globe found that the ‘fuel of evolution’ in wild animals is two to four times more abundant than previously thought Climate change is forcing animals to adapt—and fast.