Your body is walking proof of evolution, but some parts have grown unnecessary over time. Here are five useless body parts left over from evolution. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

The authors of a new study published in the journal Nature Communications believe they found the answer, and it’s likely tied to the weather and environment experienced by hominin species throughout ...

We’re full of evolutionary leftovers Evolution can be a slow process ... but it seems to be largely defunct in the human body today. Many primates have wisdom teeth to grind down their fibrous ...

But, unfortunately, annoying extra molars aren't the only way evolution screwed us over ... that's almost a quarter of all the bones in our body. Now, this foot design makes perfect sense to ...

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For more people, that would result in not enough oxygen being delivered via blood cells to the body's tissues ... a better ...

Just because it’ll suck less.” EVE: HOW THE FEMALE BODY SHAPED HUMAN EVOLUTION, PAGES 285-286 "I started writing this book when Obama was president," Bohannon said during an interview at Third ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

Are you lactose intolerant? Many people are. In fact, the ability to digest lactose may be an example of adaptive evolution in the human lineage. Although the study of natural selection in humans ...

Evolution is the way that living things change over time. The first person who explained how evolution happens was Charles Darwin with his scientific theory of natural selection. Charles Darwin ...

Dr Joanna Baker, co-author from the University of Reading, said: "Why and how humans evolved large brains is a central question in human evolution. By studying brain and body size in various ...