A scaling law relates the expected number of mutants to the total population size of cells in a spatially constrained but ...

Learn why some researchers say that our culture – not genetics – is driving our evolution and what that could mean for our future.

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

How do cells know what they should become as the body develops? Biological development depends crucially on spatial patterns: ...

A new theory suggests that cultural systems dictated how human beings survived and not genetics, hinting at adaptability and ...

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

Now some scientists claim in a new paper that culture has actually overtaken genetics as the leading force shaping human evolution, marking a major shift. Timothy Waring, an economist at the ...

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

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of ...