There is a great deal of embryology and comparative anatomy in the book, but there is very little ætiology, and the English title “The Evolution of Man” is rather misleading. The original ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

From this trove of genetic information, researchers have already identified dozens of examples of relatively recent evolution. Anatomically modern humans migrated from Africa sometime between ...

This is still a commonly used depiction of human evolution, with the famous Progress diagram having been published in a book ...

Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely ...

A new study reveals that modern humans, Neanderthals, and other relatives evolved larger brains through gradual changes within each species, overturning the idea of sudden leaps in brain size.

Microbes profoundly impact evolution, shaping traits alongside genes. Holobiont biology highlights how hosts and microbes ...