Study: Hominins had a taste for high-carb plants long before they had the teeth to eat them, providing first evidence of behavioral drive in the human fossil record As early humans spread from lush ...

"Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it?

A timeless question has always fascinated scientists who study the past. Which comes first, the new behavior or the physical tool that perfects it? Do you change how you live and then evolve the body ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

Interpreting human evolution -- Fact and fancy before 1860 -- Picture up to 1860 -- Hominid catastrophism -- Between world wars -- Recent discoveries -- Evolutionary principles -- Culture as an ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...