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When you run, the arches can temporarily flatten and then recoil, returning energy to help propel you forward. Babies are born with flat feet. Human arches develop over time as muscles and ligaments ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift — driven not by genes, but by culture. In a paper published in the Oxford ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution. When you purchase through ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...