Humans’ capacity for culture is the key to our success, an anthropologist arguesFor Robert Boyd, the evolution of our culture is as biological—and critical—as the evolution of our pelvises
How socializing led proto-humans to develop language and cultureEvolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar describes how the growing social brain changed humans
Feschuk: The latest breaking news! (From eons ago)Science discovers ancient secrets of sex, violence and primates who loved too much
How cities are making our rats smarter and spiders biggerThe wildlife around us are evolving to adapt to life in the big city
We are all NeanderthalAt least partly, as testing on ancient bones and modern humans is now revealing
Evolution’s forgotten manLondon aims to make Alfred Wallace, Charles Darwin’s overshadowed partner, a household name
Learning to the sound of rapWhat a white rapper from Vancouver can teach M.B.A. students about risk-taking
Will colonizing meteorites and asteroids with bacteria one day save life as we know it? Panspermia is meant to maintain Earth’s evolutionary path
Does technology speed up human evolution?Nobel prize winner studies technology’s impact on the human body and our lifespans