The evolutionary change in the mode of locomotion is often a major evolutionary event, triggering diversification. Sideways locomotion is a defining feature of true crab ...

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have ...

If evolution has been a constant ever since the origin of life 4.2 billion years ago, then why do some claim that, for humans ...

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell ...

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...

Humans carry a surprising relic from deep evolutionary history, one that traces back to a tiny, one-eyed ancestor that lived ...

The human body is full of evolutionary compromises. The loss of the tail may be one of the clearest examples of how change ...

What causes autoimmune disease? A new study finds that somatic mutations in immune checkpoint genes like PDL1 trigger the ...

Because grandmothers helped out, we, as an entire species, grew to live longer and longer and developed our big brains, tiny ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, finds that changes in animal development induced by climate shock persist generations after the initial event. The escalating effects of climate change ...

Most people have a mix of somatotypes, which reflect muscle and body composition but don’t limit activity or lifestyle choices. Regular exercise and balanced nutrition can benefit everyone regardless ...

The water-to-land transition stands as one of the most significant events in vertebrate evolution, giving rise to the two major groups of living land vertebrates-amniotes and lissamphibians-which ...