For example, the average American adult man in 1850 was 5 feet 7 inches, weighed 146 pounds, and had a life expectancy of 45 years.

Our cities are reshaping the animals and plants that live in them, pushing some to evolve and even spawning new species more quickly and more often than you might think, scientists say.

5 fast facts about human evolution Humans and chimpanzees shared an ancestor 7 million years ago. All humans today are descended from people who evolved in Africa. Evolving to walk on two feet has ...

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Scientists debate whether true reverse evolution is possible, but this species of tomatoes on the western Galápagos Islands ...

An unexpected result: The mammalian inner ear is a striking example of convergent evolution Mammals with distant evolutionary ties but similar ecological roles evolved comparable inner ear shapes ...