Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

Why does natural selection appear to happen slowly on long timescales and quickly on short ones? A multigenerational study of four lizard species addresses biology’s “paradox of stasis.” James Stroud ...

In comparison to birds, human pair-bonding is an evolutionary novelty. It arose very recently - a few million years is equivalent to the day before yesterday on the evolutionary time scale - and very ...

Another protein design firm powered by artificial intelligence has launched. This one has over $142 million in seed funding and claims its algorithm can simulate 500 million years of evolution, hence ...

Measuring the pace of evolution is tricky, but some species can evolve as quickly as a few generations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...