A new computer model suggests that the process of evolution can get better at evolving in the face of environmental change. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Human evolution was studied based on genetic differences and how adaptations urged us to evolve across time. However, a new study found that cultural systems were shaping the way humans survived, ...

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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A study published in the journal Nature provides the prevalence of persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection at the population level and describes how ...

The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says. Eastern ...