A widely popular idea in psychology and evolutionary science suggests that the distinctive look of the human eye—particularly the white area surrounding the iris—evolved to help us communicate ...

Some of the earliest roots of the human eye appear to lie in a small marine animal that lived nearly 600 million years ago.

Q: What fascinates you about the eye? A: The eye is an absolutely fascinating organ because it's an organ of extreme perfection, as Darwin has called it. We are able to adjust the focus, we are able ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

For decades, the dominant theory in human evolution suggested that modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage in Africa. However, groundbreaking new research from the University of ...