The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of ...

A new UC study has looked at the evolutionary significance of super genes and their potential role in species survival.

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

From disaster zones to extreme environments, there remain areas difficult for even humans to reliably access. This poses a ...

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

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