A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

A new exhibit featuring nearly 300 never-before-seen fossils will open at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

North Dakota lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill that would require schools to teach "intelligent design"—the belief that ...