Like other living creatures, humans have been shaped by evolution. Over time, we have developed – and continue to develop – traits that help us survive.

Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract efforts to solve new global ...

The relationship between changes in the environment and evolution in wild animals is not a one-way street, according to a new study that includes a Penn State biologist. The study shows that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. May 31, 2024, 02:44pm EDT Jun 01, 2024, 06:02am EDT Illustration ...

Researchers have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new ...

KINGSTON, R.I. — June 5, 2023 — The story of the peppered moths is a textbook evolutionary tale. As coal smoke darkened tree bark near England’s cities during the Industrial Revolution, white-bodied ...

Introduction : Evolution as the control of development by ecology / Brian K. Hall -- Ryuichi Matsuda : his contributions to the integration of the environment, physiology, and evolution / Roy Douglas ...

The intersection of human evolution and Earth’s environmental history brings together two areas of scientific study with exceptionally high public visibility and broad societal interest—human ...