Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...

The “Frozen Evolution” Myth A popular assumption says medicine, technology, and home comforts have put humanity beyond the ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...

The research, published in the journal Communications Biology, compared laughter recordings from orangutans, gorillas, ...

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

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...