If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

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 ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

A new study suggests rapid evolution of widespread neurons in humans may explain higher autism prevalence, showing natural ...