Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications ... result in the shuffling of taxa and of taxonomic names. An excellent example of this shuffling is the change ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

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Meet 'Pink', the new face of human evolution in Europe Western Europe ... So the scientists made up a new name for the possible species that Pink could belong to: Homo "affinis" erectus.

Overview: In this lesson, students will be introduced to Darwin’s theory of evolution and how it applies to human development throughout earth’s history. In the Introductory Activity ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

New research shows that the weapons found in Germany are much younger than previously thought, suggesting they were made by skilled Neanderthal craftspeople Human Evolution Traded Fur for Sweat ...