A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Yet modern biology has revealed that cells are preternaturally sophisticated assemblages — literally automated, miniaturized factories. How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy ...

Yesterday was the 200th birthday of Charles Robert Darwin, the man most credited with the formation of the theory of evolution. While I wholeheartedly believe that evolution as a fact is indisputable, ...

The theory of evolution / David P. Mindell and Samuel M. Scheiner -- Part 1: Overarching Issues. Historicizing the synthesis: critical insights and pivotal moments in the long history of evolutionary ...

In honor of Darwin Day Feb. 12, CU Boulder evolutionary biologist Daniel Medeiros explains what we get right and wrong about Darwinism For evolutionary biologists, the big day is imminent. No, not ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Life did not begin with one primordial cell. Instead, there were initially at least three simple types of loosely constructed cellular organizations. They swam in a pool of genes, ...

Darwinian thinking has been challenged many times, starting with co-discoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace, who disagreed with some aspects of Charles Darwin’s arguments, but was ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most experts believe complex life on Earth can be traced back ...

In a review published in the journal Communications Biology, researchers in the United States of America described the potential role and benefits of externally fermented foods in triggering the ...