If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a ...

Some time, some place in the dark backward and abysm of time, the first “living” thing was created, and evolution began. But even the simplest organism is made up of enormously complicated chemical ...

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This page shows how we've mapped the Big ideas in science: Evolution resources on to topics in the primary science curriculum. Students often initially identify by comparing whole objects and looking ...

The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the ...

"I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme—a possible framework for testable scientific theories." To biologists, these ...

Cooperation has been a more important evolutionary jorce in the development of man than has the bitter competitive struggle for existence. So asserted a learned U.S. biologist last week in an attack ...

An excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith. After my brief opening statement, the rest of our time was set aside for “discussion.” The two-hour meeting felt ...