Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

This video traces the long evolutionary path from the first primates about 85 million years ago to modern Homo sapiens.

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

A new analysis supports the previously overlooked "brain lag" hypothesis—the idea that, in some primate lineages, the evolution of larger body size preceded the evolution of larger brain size—while ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­ ­ ­­— Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease.

For decades, one idea has shaped discussions about human evolution and birth: humans endure unusually difficult childbirth ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Cover -- Cortical Evolution in Primates -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables ...

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

A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains ...