There are Americans who are "obscenely obese and at the same time malnourished," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says. He blames ultraprocessed food.

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Immerse yourself in life science. Understand how life is organized and how humans connect to their environment in a science-based major with anatomy, physiology, genetics, nutrition, ecology, ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...

In a recent perspective article published in the journal Nature Communications, over 30 scientists from around the world discussed the action plans and principles of the global scientific initiative ...

The University of Barcelona hosted a celebration of 25 years of publication of the human genome sequence. The breakthrough ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...

In Bethel’s B.S. in biology degree with a human biology/biomedical emphasis, you’ll build a foundation in the biological sciences that allows you flexibility to tailor your classes to align with your ...