Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

Researchers report using computer simulations to demonstrate an important aspect of evolutionary theory: that complex structures, like the eyeball, can arise through evolution. So-called digital ...

The movement of genetic material between organisms that aren't directly related is a significant driver of evolution, ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Genetics may no longer be the driving force of human evolution, a study by researchers from the University of Maine suggests.

Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals -- short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form -- have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published ...

At Cornell, Dawn Chen was counting sperm stored in a pair of organs called spermathecae in female fruit flies, fully ...