What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential.

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Sri Lanka’s foremost biodiversity scientist, Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda, describes this country as “a veritable Garden of Eden for evolutionary scientists.” Speaking to The Sunday Island, he warned that ...

Genes establish probabilities rather than certainties. The environment, parenting, and experiences influence how children's ...

A new study from researchers from the Faculty of Science at Charles University in the Czech Republic shows that microscopic ...

Over 10,000 people sampled their pets’ DNA to help scientists understand complex traits in the animals, providing insights ...

The researchers analyzed 483 mammoth remains, mostly molars but also tusks and bones. The oldest samples are 1.1 million years old and belonged to a steppe mammoth — a species that later gave rise to ...

Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic disorder with symptoms, including facial anomalies (such as fused eyebrows, short nose, upturned ...

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

When the bones were first excavated from Skhul Cave in northern Israel in 1931, archaeologists recognized that the child belonged to neither Homo sapiens, who had arrived in the region from Africa, ...

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