From fights over a parking space, to marauding bands of outlaws, to global conflicts, we seem to be a violent…

The human birthing process is more difficult than that of any other primate. One researcher is using bones and computers to figure out why—and what to do about it.

Scientists are getting better and better at using DNA to figure out when key evolutionary events happened.

Many of us have had crooked, ill-fitting teeth at some point in our lives. The reason has a lot to do with what we eat.

Why have humans taken mammalian sex to a whole new level?

Cultural groups throughout the world talk about color differently—some don’t even have a word for color. So is color perception a universal human experience or not?

When a term signifies something that does not exist, we need to examine our use of it.

Is the return to a simple life a “new” way to advertise our good qualities? An evolutionary perspective says yes.

The words we use to describe groups of people say a lot about what we’re grappling with as a society.

A new report suggests that cesarean births are leading to bigger babies—and more C-sections.