When scientists today work to decode the human genome, they use high-tech methods to view the microscopic chromosomes and even pluck individual genes out of a cell. But in Darwin's time, it was ...

One hundred and forty-four years ago this day, the world was revolutionized by a book. On Nov. 24, 1859, it was published in England: Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Is evolution a gradual process or a punctuated one, with rapid evolution taking hold in fits and starts? A new study suggests the latter, as ...

A caricature of Darwin from a German satirical magazine, Kladderadatsch published in 1925, showing the American anti-evolutionist William Jennings Bryan getting to heaven and shocked to see St Peter ...

Charles Darwin has an illustrious place in history as the father of evolution. His ideas forever changed how we understand ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Many people hold the view that evolution in humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists are in ...