In the article "To Effectively Discuss Evolution, First Define 'Theory'" in the May 12 issue of The Scientist (R. Lewis, page 13), it was stated that the term "theory of evolution" should be replaced ...

"Our findings challenge conventional views on upper jaw evolution," the researchers said in a statement. Compared with our distant cousins the reptiles, the faces of mammals are made more complex ...

The US botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey published a paper in 1894 pondering whether the formulation of neo-Darwinism, the ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Narrowly, the trial was about challenging a newly passed Tennessee state law against teaching evolution or any other theory denying the biblical account of the creation of man. Broadly ...

It probably feels obvious that having a close friend can influence your well-being. But do the groups that you're a part of ...

In the decades since its introduction, the neutral theory of evolution has become central to the study of evolution at the molecular level, in part because it provides a way to make strong ...

To study ecology without an understanding of evolutionary theory is to watch a sporting event without first learning the rules — players run, points are scored, whistles shrill, but the guiding ...

If you’ve taken high school or college biology, you’ve probably been exposed to a good dose of Darwinian evolution. Darwinian theory includes the belief that all living things descended from a small ...

To put it bluntly, Quirk Evolution involves the theory that Quirks in successive generations will gradually grow in strength, to the point where humans won't be able to control them any longer.