Researchers have put forth a theory that humans are no longer subject to natural selection for evolution, but instead that ...

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

Adam Rutherford salutes a show that finally links the spectacle of natural history with the science that explains it ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

(Diane Isabel/iStock/Getty Images) The world's population is shifting. We're living longer than ever before, with elderly people taking up a greater proportion of the people on the planet. And yet ...

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One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...

Natural selection is usually understood in the context of change. When organisms deviate from the norm, they may gain advantages that let their lineages outlast those of their less-adaptable relatives ...

The early part of the twentieth century saw evolutionary theory embattled by disagreements over Darwin's emphasis on natural selection. The then-newly rediscovered work of Gregor Mendel in the ...