/news/tags/evolution evolution en-US Copyright Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:30:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2024-10-01/lucy-fossil-helped-a-kent-state-professor-develop-theories-about-what-makes-us-human Owen Lovejoy was part of the team that first studied the famous fossil 50 years ago. The discovery helped him formulate theories about the role of the family unit in human evolution. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:30:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2024-10-01/lucy-fossil-helped-a-kent-state-professor-develop-theories-about-what-makes-us-human Jeff St. Clair /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-10-03/the-nobel-prize-in-medicine-has-been-awarded-for-research-on-evolution This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo for his discoveries on human evolution. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:48:33 GMT /news/npr-news/npr-news/2022-10-03/the-nobel-prize-in-medicine-has-been-awarded-for-research-on-evolution The Associated Press /news/health-science/2018-02-19/monogamy-and-smiles-are-the-results-of-a-neurochemical-change-that-made-us-human One of the most enduring questions in science is how did we become human. Fossil bones of our ancestors tell part of the story. But researchers at Kent… Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:04:00 GMT /news/health-science/2018-02-19/monogamy-and-smiles-are-the-results-of-a-neurochemical-change-that-made-us-human Jeff St. Clair /news/health-science/2014-08-04/in-search-of-walking-whales A new book by an Ohio author unravels what used to be one of the greatest mysteries of science. It’s the story of how whales and dolphins came to be fully… Tue, 05 Aug 2014 02:03:40 GMT /news/health-science/2014-08-04/in-search-of-walking-whales Jeff St. Clair