Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, scientists have had a ...

Leveraging the power of large language models, evolutionary biologists have successfully simulated 500 million years of ...

The future lies not in identifying people but in ensuring they are human. Hence, it is crucial to explore why proving humanness is more relevant than ever and how new methods are emerging to meet ...

Our distant ancestors had several body parts that have become fairly useless over the course of evolution–our wisdom ... or pinna–of the ear and helped humans living millions of years ago ...

“That is a moment that I will take with me to my grave,” says Tamara Lanier, describing the first time she saw the image of her ancestor, an enslaved man known by his descendants as Papa Rent ...

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

China will host the world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots. Dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join the 21km (13-mile) race in Beijing in April, according to local media.

(And by "huge" I mean really, really huge—possibly the biggest capital investments the human race has ever undertaken.) If that assumption is false and it can be done much more cheaply ...

Isuzu might not be the first vehicle manufacturer to come to mind when we mention off-road pickup trucks, but they certainly have some authority on the subject. After all, you wouldn't call ...

The virus is also adapting to new hosts — cows and other mammals — raising the risk that it could spark a human pandemic. “The risk has increased as we’ve gone on — especially in the ...