New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the ...

Evolution is a sequence of design changes happening on their own in a discernible direction; it never weds itself to a single point on a drawing board. An evolving system or animal is free to simply ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

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An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has been missed or ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. When you purchase through links ...

The Drexel University master’s degree in Ecology, Evolution and Earth Systems (EEES) offers full- and part-time plans of study to meet the needs and career goals of students, such as those who would ...

This page shows how we've mapped the Big ideas in science: Evolution resources on to topics in the primary science curriculum. Students often initially identify by comparing whole objects and looking ...