THE author at the outset of this work tells us he “believes that the process of organic evolution has taken place, but he does not believe that natural selection has been the means by which that ...

They have done nothing less than witness Darwin's theory of evolution unfold before their eyes. That would have stunned Darwin, who thought natural selection operated over vast periods of time and ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Evolution is the process of heritable change ... which can occur through mechanisms including natural selection, sexual selection and genetic drift. Genomic and demographic analysis of an alpine ...

The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on ...

They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far ...

A series of studies published in the American Journal of Human Biology suggests that human upper limb length may be a result ...

Intelligent male mosquitofish mate more, suggesting intelligence and brainpower evolved partly for reproduction, not just ...

As for future studies, researchers suggest that work be done to test whether their results can be harnessed for directed evolution—a lab process that mimics natural selection to engineer ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

The first person who explained how evolution happens was Charles Darwin with his scientific theory of natural selection. Charles Darwin observed that although individuals in a species shared ...