Across the globe, there are human populations that have remained isolated for centuries, leading to genetic characteristics ...

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought ...

Recent research indicates that smaller population sizes and random variations in birth rates increase the fertility threshold ...

and human population growth (e.g., how fast will the human population grow, and what does that mean for climate change, resource use, and biodiversity?). Studying population growth also helps ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Human populations need at least 2.7 children per woman – a much higher fertility rate than previously believed – to reliably avoid long-term extinction, according to a new study published April 30, ...

Strange stone circles found at the Isle of Skye could be evidence of the earliest human occupation of Scotland’s frigid ...

Evidence of one of the earliest human populations known in Scotland has been found, including tools and stone circles. Archaeologists and scientists led by Karen Hardy, Professor of Prehistoric ...

Human populations need at least 2.7 children per woman—a much higher fertility rate than previously believed—to reliably avoid long-term extinction, according to a new study published in the ...