Evolution

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances

Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes

Half a century after its discovery, this iconic fossil remains central to our understanding of human origins

What can singing tell us about how we’re wired—and how our ancestors evolved?

The octopus sex chromosome appears to have been maintained over hundreds of millions of years, making it the most ancient of such chromosomes in animals

New fossils and analytical tools provide unprecedented insights into dinosaur sensory perception

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species

Social media exploits our evolved need for information, feeding us fluff and outright misinformation. A new science of human collective behavior can help us retake control

For the first time, researchers have reconstructed the 3D structure of ancient genetic material, in this case from a 52,000-year-old mammoth

Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way

Cuckoos are “nest pirates” that lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, setting off an evolutionary arms race that leads to the development of new species

A common species of cockroach hails from Asia, according to new research that tracks its spread around the globe