In romantic movies, kissing often symbolizes love, yet this simple act of pressing lips together has peculiar origins.

The implication is that cycles of drought and inundation would have somehow made our ancestors more adaptable and triggered the evolution of a more “human” type. A brief mention is made that ...

In “A Brief History of the Future,” Ari explores many applications of body-connected tech, including a “third thumb” you can attach to your hand and control with your toes.

As several scholars, including myself, have maintained over the years, understanding evolution is simply essential for a full take on the human behavioral experience (see Evolutionary Psychology 101).

Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky. By Carl Zimmer It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are ...