When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

Study of 280 empirical papers suggests evolution is shaped by both individual advantage and competition between groups.

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from genetics to medicine and conservation.

The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed down to its offspring. To suggest otherwise can provoke ...

While all cats are said to have nine lives, some breeds are naturally hardier than others. Breeds shaped by natural evolution ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

Genetic evidence hints that there was a strong bias for male Neanderthals and female humans to mate, rather than any other combination ...