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

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

A remarkable scientific discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. The analysis of an incredibly preserved ...

In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

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John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Genetic analysis reveals bluebottles are actually four distinct species, overturning two centuries of scientific belief.

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied much of Asia and left its genes in modern humans, was like ...