Anthropologist Agustín Fuentes joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about human evolution. Are humans still evolving? Was there a first human? What does the family tree leading to ...

Teachers often face difficult questions about evolution, many from parents and others who object to evolution being taught. Science has good answers to these questions, answers that draw on the ...

A diverse group of lizards known as the social skinks is helping scientists answer questions about some of the fundamental workings of evolution. Skinks are a large group of lizards that typically ...

In a landmark study based on one of the most comprehensive genomic datasets ever assembled, a team led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Vanderbilt University offer a possible ...

Why do so many Republican politicians dodge questions about evolution? Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and a likely presidential candidate, turned down a chance to explain his views on the ...

Homo floresiensis was discovered on the island of Flores and immediately challenged existing ideas about human evolution. Standing only about three feet tall, this species showed evidence of tool use ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate web of shared ancestry. From the tiniest ...