A new study suggests that many modern health challenges may stem from a deep evolutionary mismatch between our ancient biology and today’s industrialized environments.

There's never a shortage of weird and wonderful historical theories that leave us scratching our heads. Pyramids not built by humans? Been there. Hidden chapter in human evolution? Done that. But ...

A Critique of Hobbesian Premises through the Lenses of Game Theory and Evolutionary Biology The “state of war” proposed by ...

For decades, anthropologists have wondered whether kissing is an evolutionary thing or a unique cultural quirk we humans ...

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The Jurassic franchise has operated for decades as a colossus of popular culture, an entity that explores the tense dichotomy ...

The landscape of music creation has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, largely due to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence.

In a paper published last year, Shumailov called this “model collapse,” a process by which an AI system becomes, in his words ...

For more than half a century, many biologists have leaned on the neutral theory of molecular evolution to explain how DNA and ...

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. [Photo/Xinhua] ...

To maintain a Darwinian perspective on culture we must view humans as passive imitators and transmitters, ignoring cthe ...