We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

Evolution of human traitsIcons depict cultural and biological milestones in human evolution. Álvaro Valiño Evolution is relentless; when the chance of survival can be increased, it finds a way ...

Leveraging the power of large language models, evolutionary biologists have successfully simulated 500 million years of ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

natural biological systems for useful purposes. Directed evolution is commonly performed in prokaryotic or yeast systems, but platforms are needed to enhance functions in mammalian cells.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

A startup founded by former Meta researchers is creating an alternative evolutionary path using the most powerful computational resources ever applied in biology, according to the company ...