WASHINGTON — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age.

Technology futurists foresee advances that will enable humans to live up to 1,000 years. They anticipate breakthroughs in AI, robotics, and digital consciousness transfer that could make “practical ...

This combination of 2007, 2018 and 2012 photos shows, from left, the Cederberg mountain range in South Africa, the Tenere desert in Niger and savanna in South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

Doctors at NYU Langone Health say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists have been ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our species to develop language — giving us a key advantage over our Neanderthal ...

Humans are not well adapted to live in modern cities—and this may be having a big impact on our health and wellbeing. This is the claim of evolutionary scientists from Loughborough University, England ...