Some scientists say humans may be entering a new phase of evolution, one in which culture is becoming more powerful than genes in shaping our survival and future. At the heart of that idea is a ...

If you could step into a time machine and travel 1,000 years into the future, would you even recognize humanity? Would we ...

Artificial intelligence has painted a startling picture of human evolution, suggesting that by the year 3025, our species could bear little resemblance to its current form. Prolonged digital immersion ...

Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us ...

Human biological evolution and advances in artificial intelligence unfold on markedly different timescales. From the perspective of natural evolution, the human body and brain were shaped over immense ...

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with finger-length patterns linked to higher estrogen exposure before birth ...

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...

A craving for sweets may have helped set the stage for the evolution of the human brain. Over 4 million years, our lineage’s brains grew from about 300 grams to 1,500 grams. Much of the brain growth ...