Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

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Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

Learn how repeated burn injuries may have acted as a form of natural selection, influencing human genes linked to healing and immune response.

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

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The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...