Researchers applied evolutionary theory to cancer care, predicting that switching therapies while tumors still respond may limit resistant mutations. The approach could improve cure rates, and is ...

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A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

The relatively new discipline of evolutionary medicine could offer new ways of treating diseases (Credit: Getty Images) The relatively new discipline of evolutionary medicine is making strides in the ...

A study published in the journal Evolution on September 26, 2018, suggests that certain models used to explain the theory of ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Evolutionary psychology hypotheses can be rigorously tested, and sometimes decisively overturned, challenging the long-standing claim that the field is inherently unfalsifiable, according to a ...