The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans.

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, ...

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” says Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have been freezing living cells from endangered species. Here’s how the Frozen Zoo® is ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that involves high blood pressure, could have led to a decline in Neanderthals' fertility, a new study suggests.

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Why does the night still give us chills? Our ancestors learned to treat darkness as a matter of life and safety. This video ...

A new group-evolving agent framework from UC Santa Barbara matches human-engineered AI systems on SWE-bench — and adds zero ...

My son was 14 weeks old when he made his first unmistakable whole-body belly laugh. In the months that followed, his laughter was accompanied by playful provocations — grabbing my hair and shrieking ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...