A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with ...

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Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building to vestigial anatomy.

Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

Prologue -- The structure of this book -- Six paradigms -- 1. Introduction -- Some premises -- Some history -- Evolution and modification of behavior -- Evolution of ontogeny in the human animal -- ...

Eva Jablonka is a professor emerita at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation ...

The face is one of the most distinctive features of vertebrates, diverged widely among species while maintaining a highly complex anatomical structure. Notably, mammals have a "nose" that can actively ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first ...

A groundbreaking study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as ...

From popular culture to the dark corners of the internet, there are many claims about “fundamental” differences between people on the basis of gender, racial or ethnic groups, sexuality, or other ...