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…
Mushrooms Evolved Psychedelics Twice, and Scientists Just Found Out
Psilocybe cubensis grows worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions, including Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.…
How human genetics adapt to micronutrient deficiencies and excess
A recent study spotlights how micronutrients have imperceptibly driven human evolution, presenting evidence of positive selection among micronutrient-associated…
Researchers uncover how chromosome crossovers protect fertility
When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things – including a crucial…
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A century and a half ago, Frederick Engels, in an unpublished 1876 essay titled, The Part Played by Labor…
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…
Why universal COVID-19 vaccine guidance offers stronger protection than high-risk-only policies
Nine independent modeling teams demonstrate that maintaining a universal COVID-19 vaccine policy yields consistent population-level benefits, reducing hospitalizations…
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…
310-Million-Year-Old Ray-Finned Fish Had Tongue-Bite Apparatus
Platysomus parvulus, a species of ray-finned fish that lived 310 million years ago, had a unique way of…
Mastodon Migrations With the Glaciers Ice Revealed in New Paper
Giant elephants were more diverse than we had appreciated, it turns out. A new study published Friday in…
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…