There’s a problem with that “March of Progress” picture that’s so often used to illustrate our species’ development: it ends. Human evolution, the image implies, began in apehood and finishes here, ...

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

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Imagine how much better our parties would be! While our evolution into trans-human party machines may still be a million ...

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential.

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

A new study explores how culture is overtaking genetics as the driving force in human evolution and shaping our future.

This shift isn’t just about faster problem-solving; it’s changing what it means to be human. Culture is inherently collective ...

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea that ...