A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

Daniel Read receives funding from the ESRC. Nobody likes to wait, and we are willing to pay to avoid it. Expedited shipping, fast food and video streaming are all profitable because they reduce or ...

Cacti May Help Explain A Centuries-Old Mystery Of Evolution. This question of why some branches of the tree of life explode ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...