Science shows that humans are happier and healthier around other animal and plant species. Artur Debat/Moment via Getty Images People definitely cannot survive without other species. As an ecologist – ...

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods? For decades, many scholars have argued that the difference stems ...

Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers baking bread, truck drivers driving that bread to market and grocers selling ...

For the first time, scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells. The embryos, described Thursday in the journal Cell, were created in part to try to find new ways to ...

Humans have altered more than half of Earth’s habitable land to meet the needs of our burgeoning population 1. The transformation of forests, grasslands and deserts into cities, suburbs and ...

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