While grooming each other, chimpanzees move their mouths at a rate similar to human speech. It's another clue in the mystery of speech's evolution.
A wild dandelion's spiny pollen has evolved to attach to traveling bumblebees, report researchers.
Researchers have written "a first draft of the story of how rice dispersed across Asia." It includes a major cooling event that forced rice's evolution.
When predators die off, their prey may have trouble adapting to future environments. That could have serious consequences for ecosystems.
The first study to demonstrate evolutionary response to hurricanes on a wide geographic scale focuses on anoles and the size of their toepads.
A new book breaks down how fatherhood has evolved, what it looks like today, and where it's headed in the future.
"Pregnancy is such an everyday event—none of us would be here without it—and yet, so many aspects of this process remain puzzling."
Long-used approaches for reconstructing evolutionary paths, or "trees of life," are deeply flawed, say researchers in a new paper.
New research adds to growing evidence that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals not just once, but over and over again throughout history.
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