Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

The study showed that populations don’t lose their “evolvability,” even if conditions remain the same for many generations.

A new source of nitrogen has been discovered. Researchers from RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in southwestern Germany ...

According to the researchers, their conclusions about the facial development of embryonic mice also appears to apply to us ...

The findings push back the timing of ancient human rainforest occupation "by more than double," said archaeologist Eslem Ben ...

A newly discovered golden cave fish in southwestern China is giving scientists an unprecedented look at evolution in action.

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...