This Mysterious Creature Has the Most Chromosomes on Earth
Photograph of the Atlas blue butterfly, taken by Roger Vila, senior author on this paper. Credit: Dr. Roger…
Manual dexterity and the human brain evolved together
A century and a half ago, Frederick Engels, in an unpublished 1876 essay titled, The Part Played by Labor…
UCLA study links morning sickness to immune system changes in early pregnancy
UCLA researchers have uncovered a link between “morning sickness” symptoms and the body’s natural, but complex, inflammatory response…
Fueling chromosomal gene diversification and artificial evolution with CRISPR | Genome Biology
Wilson DS, Keefe AD. Random mutagenesis by PCR. Curr Protoc Mol Biol. 2001;51:8–3. Google Scholar Reetz MT, Wu…
Gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic pathogen
A study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, led by Chinese researchers, has revealed a surprising…
Researchers Say Humans Are In the Midst of an Evolutionary Shift Like Never Before
AI-generated illustration. Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural…
New research positions the placenta at the center of human neurodevelopment and evolution
In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea…
Rapid neuronal evolution linked to high prevalence of autism in humans
A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high…
This Bizarre Fish Has 8 Rows of Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex
Spotted ratfish are scaleless, rabbit-faced deep-sea fish, about two feet (61 centimeters) long, and native to the northeastern…
These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways
The team members went through a process of incrementally determining what elements and molecules the bacterial strain could…
Genetics Reveal How Human Contact Shapes Language Evolution
Summary: A new study shows that genetic evidence of historical contact between populations reveals consistent patterns of language…
DNA From a Mysterious Extinct Hominin May Have Helped Ancient Americans Survive
New research suggests that as ancient humans migrated into the Americas, they carried a surprising evolutionary advantage hidden…