Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...