Food in, energy out? It’s not as simple as that. How do cells meet our bodies’ ever changing energy needs? In most animal cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a compound with high potential energy, ...

Homo sapiens shouldn’t exist in most of the places we live. By any reasonable biological standard, humans are soft-skinned, temperature-sensitive creatures with narrow thermal tolerances and zero ...

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most extreme and challenging environments on Earth. The research, a collaboration ...

It is a basic understanding in anthropology that the course of human evolution differs fundamentally from that of other animals due to its heavy reliance on cultural rather than biological adaptation.

Gray's Anatomy (the book, not the TV show) was the first comprehensive attempt to map evolved human physiological adaptations — the organs of the human body. Imagine a similar effort to map human ...

Study reveals how specific mutations in the H5N1 virus enhance its ability to bind human receptors, underscoring the need for ongoing surveillance of emerging strains. Study: A single mutation in ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except ...

Adaptation—good fit to reality—is as old as life but very different for humans given our power of language. Here we imagine a beginner's guide for us newfangled language users.