Most people were taught a simple image: monkeys slowly turning into humans. That’s not how evolution works. Humans didn’t evolve from modern monkeys — we share a common ancestor with them, and if you ...

Learn how an ancient fish gene was repurposed to shape the anatomy of human hands.

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How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...