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Human evolution may be undergoing a major shift right before our eyes

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

Are Humans The Only Primates With White Eyes? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Research

The whites of your eyes are not an accident. They are, scientists now believe, one of the most sophisticated social ...
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2.7 million years of Paranthropus evolution explained

Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus robustus, and Paranthropus aethiopicus are examined as a distinct but debated branch of ...
Case Western Reserve University

Anthropology's Cynthia Beall discusses human evolution at high altitudes

Science Alert: Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, said high-altitude hypoxia offers “a beautiful example” ...
The Conversation

If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving

Michael A. Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Science Daily

Dexterity and climbing ability: how ancient human relatives used their hands

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...
Forbes

A Biologist Explains Why Human Babies Are Born So Helpless. Hint: Evolution Made A Strategic Tradeoff

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary ...