Evolution from ape to man

With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed...

What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during...

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st century isn’t digital, it’s biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR gives us unprecedented...

In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dating of the appearance of man.

Has the age-old stand-off between science and religion taken a new turn? Can the Bible's account of creation be reconciled with modern scientific...

This video shows results from a research project involving simulated Darwinian evolutions of virtual block creatures. A population of several hundred...

Take a fascinating journey inside the bizarre world of a living human being with this compelling documentary from National Geographic, where...

The events and coincidences that led to rapid advances in human intelligence 50,000 years ago.

The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.

Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin's theory of...

Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer Wells, one of a group of scientists studying the...