New research uncovers how evolution and improved living conditions are accelerating men's growth more than women's.

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

ciliate evolution, muscle biochemistry, mammalian reproductive ecology and the molecular biology of human parasites. The biological sciences form the foundation of a number of academic disciplines at ...

A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unifying principle of the biological sciences in ...

Cultural evolution is the change over time of non-biological aspects of human society. The process is loosely analogous to biological evolution, although does not necessarily involve Darwinian ...

Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to “biological change over ...

A study suggests long scalp hair evolved as an adaptation to heat and later gained cultural significance. Researchers ...

Human evolution might be more "bizarre" than we ... Laura van Holstein, a University of Cambridge biological anthropologist from Clare College. "The effect of climate on hominin species is only ...