Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

Natural selection has long been considered the driving force behind human evolution. But a landmark study of 87 fossil skulls spanning the past two million years suggests the story is far more complex ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Translation of L'évolution du vivant. An introduction to the study of evolution : General observations on the living world ; Biological evolution and its occurrences ; Interpretation of evolutionary ...