Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

I’ve been retired for about five years now, and I’m very much enjoying life at a different pace. When I was working full time, I was usually moving so quickly from one event to the next that I had ...

HEC Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. HEC Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. The goal of transhumanists is to improve human beings ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. Humanity may not ...

Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently have a discussion using hand gestures, one of the human-like characteristics of other mammals. (Getty Images) Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, ...