People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is ...

Evolution has been a cornerstone of the biological sciences for the better part of a century. Rarely, however, has evolutionary science been considered valuable in understanding contemporary human ...

This process produces our uniquely complex cultures: Scientists call it cumulative cultural evolution. But extensive data has emerged suggesting that other animals, including bees, chimpanzees and ...

How does climate change affect the way humans organize themselves? How has it shaped the course of human evolution? An ...

In a startling revelation that challenges long-held beliefs about human migration and cultural evolution, archaeologists have ...

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 ...

In the study, "An empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million years," published in PLOS One, researchers compiled a cross ...

Cumulative culture — the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generations — allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear when ...

Monkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by early humans — challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution.

Monkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by early humans — challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution. A new study ...

The wild honeyguide responds to distinct calls from local honey foragers. Says one researcher: The bird basically seems to be saying, "Hey, I'm here and I know where there's some honey, so follow me." ...