Evolution

The latest science on how life has adapted and changed over generations—and how new species come to be.

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Human Urban Activity Makes Animals Develop Bigger Brains
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Human Urban Activity Makes Animals Develop Bigger Brains

By Shaunacy Ferro

7 Amazing Living Fossils
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7 Amazing Living Fossils

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: When Will We Evolve Out Of Our Useless Appendages?
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FYI: When Will We Evolve Out Of Our Useless Appendages?

By Natalie Wolchover

In 165-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Evidence That Fur Predates Mammals
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In 165-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Evidence That Fur Predates Mammals

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?
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FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?

By Natalie Wolchover

What Are The Most Lactose Intolerant Places In The World? [Infographic]
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What Are The Most Lactose Intolerant Places In The World? [Infographic]

By Shaunacy Ferro

Evolution Punishes Selfish People, Game Theory Study Says
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Evolution Punishes Selfish People, Game Theory Study Says

By Shaunacy Ferro

New Evidence: When Did Humanity’s Last Common Male And Female Ancestors Live?
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New Evidence: When Did Humanity’s Last Common Male And Female Ancestors Live?

By Francie Diep

Evolution of animals
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Could Dragons Have Existed If Evolution Had Taken A Different Turn?

By Bjorn Carey

Language May Have Evolved Way Earlier Than We Thought
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Language May Have Evolved Way Earlier Than We Thought

By Shaunacy Ferro

Madagascar Species No Longer Evolving At Breakneck Speed
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Madagascar Species No Longer Evolving At Breakneck Speed

By Dan Nosowitz

Przewalski's Horse
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Scientists Decode DNA Of 700,000-Year-Old Horse

By Francie Diep

Do Female Orgasms Help With Conception? New Study Says No
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Do Female Orgasms Help With Conception? New Study Says No

By Francie Diep

A Brief History Of The Demise Of Battle Bots
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A Brief History Of The Demise Of Battle Bots

By Kelsey D. Atherton

1 In 13 Humans Walk On Bendy Chimp Feet, Study Finds
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1 In 13 Humans Walk On Bendy Chimp Feet, Study Finds

By Shaunacy Ferro

Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?
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Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: Do I Really Need My Pinky Toe?
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FYI: Do I Really Need My Pinky Toe?

By Sally Zhang

What Cannibals Could Teach Us About Evolution
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What Cannibals Could Teach Us About Evolution

By Lindsey Kratochwill

FYI: Why Are There No Native Monkeys In North America?
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FYI: Why Are There No Native Monkeys In North America?

By Dan Nosowitz

Your Paleofads Are Paleo-B.S.
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Your Paleofads Are Paleo-B.S.

By Marlene Zuk

What If Darwin Had Never Existed?
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What If Darwin Had Never Existed?

By Peter J. Bowler

Penis Size Matters, Study Says
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Penis Size Matters, Study Says

By Francie Diep

FYI: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?
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FYI: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?

By Daniel Engber

Are Birds Evolving To Not Get Hit By Cars?
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Are Birds Evolving To Not Get Hit By Cars?

By Colin Lecher

Why Do Some People Faint When They See Blood?
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Why Do Some People Faint When They See Blood?

By Colin Lecher

Fruit Flies Force-Feed Their Children Alcohol
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Fruit Flies Force-Feed Their Children Alcohol

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Drama Over Project Encode, And Why Big Science And Small Science Are Different
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The Drama Over Project Encode, And Why Big Science And Small Science Are Different

By Rebecca Boyle

When Did Primates Learn To Metabolize Alcohol? A Chemist Reenacts Drunk History
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When Did Primates Learn To Metabolize Alcohol? A Chemist Reenacts Drunk History

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Human Race Will Come To An End. What’s Next?
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The Human Race Will Come To An End. What’s Next?

By Chip Walter

Harvard Professor Seeks ‘Adventurous’ Human Woman To Birth A Neanderthal Baby (Update)
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Harvard Professor Seeks ‘Adventurous’ Human Woman To Birth A Neanderthal Baby (Update)

By Colin Lecher

Particle Accelerator Reveals That First Land Animals Walked Like Seals
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Particle Accelerator Reveals That First Land Animals Walked Like Seals

By Rebecca Boyle

How People Explain Color Throughout The World [Infographic]
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How People Explain Color Throughout The World [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

Great Apes Might Experience Mid-Life Crises Just Like Humans
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Great Apes Might Experience Mid-Life Crises Just Like Humans

By Rebecca Boyle

Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So
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Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So

By Rebecca Boyle

This Bug Has More Legs Than Anything Else
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This Bug Has More Legs Than Anything Else

By Colin Lecher

Daily Infographic: 9,993 Bird Species On One Tree (Now Zoomable!)
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Daily Infographic: 9,993 Bird Species On One Tree (Now Zoomable!)

By Emily Elert

Daily Infographic: A Family Tree Of Every Bird On Earth
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Daily Infographic: A Family Tree Of Every Bird On Earth

By Rebecca Boyle

Infographic: How A Raw Food Diet Kept Primates Stupid
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Infographic: How A Raw Food Diet Kept Primates Stupid

By Emily Elert

Eating Cooked Food Made Us Human
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Eating Cooked Food Made Us Human

By Rebecca Boyle

Interactive Fractal Tree of Life Zooms In On Earth’s Entire Evolutionary History
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Interactive Fractal Tree of Life Zooms In On Earth’s Entire Evolutionary History

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Does Cheese Taste Better When It’s Melted?
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FYI: Why Does Cheese Taste Better When It’s Melted?

By Daniel Engber

FYI: Why Do Girls Throw Like A Girl?
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FYI: Why Do Girls Throw Like A Girl?

By Colin Lecher

FYI: Did Prehistoric Birds Evolve Flight By Falling Out of Trees?
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FYI: Did Prehistoric Birds Evolve Flight By Falling Out of Trees?

By Daniel Engber

In a Cosmology Breakthrough, Astronomers Measure a Filament of Dark Matter
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In a Cosmology Breakthrough, Astronomers Measure a Filament of Dark Matter

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?
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FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?

By Amber Williams

Ten Astounding Cases of Modern Evolution and Adaptation
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Ten Astounding Cases of Modern Evolution and Adaptation

By Dan Nosowitz

Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials
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Jurassic Mammal Fossil Hints At Earlier Split Between Placental Mammals and Marsupials

By Rebecca Boyle

Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation
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Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation

By Rebecca Boyle

Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution
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Some Mice Have Become Immune to Poison Through Natural but Highly Unusual Evolution

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea
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Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea

By Jennifer Abbasi

New Tougher Bedbugs Are Harder Than Ever to Kill
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New Tougher Bedbugs Are Harder Than Ever to Kill

By Brooke Borel

Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks
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Video: Creepy Madagascan Beasts Rub Their Back Hairs Together To Make Squeaks

By Rebecca Boyle

Japanese Create A Mutant Mouse That Tweets Like a Bird
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Japanese Create A Mutant Mouse That Tweets Like a Bird

By Clay Dillow

Future Mars Colonists Could Learn To Terraform By Studying Darwin’s Methods
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Future Mars Colonists Could Learn To Terraform By Studying Darwin’s Methods

By Rebecca Boyle

Evolution of animals
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If Evolution Had Taken a Different Turn, Could Dragons Have Existed?

By Bjorn Carey

Complex Life Evolved One and a Half Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Fossils Show
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Complex Life Evolved One and a Half Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Fossils Show

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?
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FYI: Why Do Ducks Have Orange Feet?

By Bjorn Carey

DARPA Wants to Override Evolution to Make Immortal Synthetic Organisms
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DARPA Wants to Override Evolution to Make Immortal Synthetic Organisms

By Jeremy Hsu

Moscow’s Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway
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Moscow’s Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway

By Stuart Fox

8 Percent of Human Genome Was Inserted By Virus, and May Cause Schizophrenia
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8 Percent of Human Genome Was Inserted By Virus, and May Cause Schizophrenia

By Stuart Fox

Kissing Evolved To Spread Germs, Not Feelings
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Kissing Evolved To Spread Germs, Not Feelings

By Clay Dillow

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
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Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken

By Stuart Fox

Living Fossils
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Living Fossils

By Matt Ransford

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

By Matt Ransford