A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

In collaboration with Turkana communities, U.S. and Kenyan researchers analyzed Turkana genomes to uncover key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments, revealing how ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

Some colorful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Andy Herries, an archeologist at La Trobe University, said he was not convinced by the conclusions and that genetic analysis ...

Large-scale study into mosquito genetics shows how the insects evolved resistance to insecticides, but crucially also reveals promising targets for potential control. The mosquito Anopheles funestus ...