The relative importance of punctuated and gradual patterns of evolution is a subject of debate and research. Charles Darwin understood that evolution was a slow and gradual process. By gradual ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

While evolution involves changes in organisms that we can observe, they undergo evolution at a deeper level, too. That is, changes affect the "letters" (four different types of chemical units ...

A new study reveals how mathematical models can explain the formation and evolution of human societies and kinship systems.

Scientists reveal that early-life gut microbiome development follows universal patterns, paving the way for new benchmarks in ...

An experimental study of modern chimpanzees has documented patterns of behavior that seemingly ... The study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, demonstrates that the process used ...

Although the history of many species have been affected by the gradual accumulation of tiny point mutations, sometimes evolution works much more quickly. Several types of organisms have an ...

What is macroevolution? Why is it important? How can macroevolutionary thinking help with interpreting patterns of primate evolution? Understanding macroevolution is important because it explains ...