The famed naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin is, of course, best known for his works on evolution—specifically On the Origin of Species and the Descent of Man. However, one year before his death, ...

Earthworms’ Genomes Broke The Rules of Evolution And Could Prove Charles Darwin Wrong, Claims Study Analysis of DNA from ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

On Darwin Day, 12 February 2025, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launches the largest collection of caricatures of Charles Darwin and evolution in history.

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.

cultural evolution and symbiosis, when two different species live together intimately. All theories need to be challenged, and assessing modern evolutionary biology brings to the fore many aspects of ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" — where a teacher was charged with the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. At ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...