When we think of evolution, we think of slow, gradual changes in animal and plant species over millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions, of years. It took humans, for example, an estimated six ...

Cambridge and Oxford researchers propose the placenta drove human evolution by shaping our large, social brains.

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John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.

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They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?