Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

The jumpy parasites have followed our ancestors around for at least 25 million years, adapting along with us through major upheavals. By Carl Zimmer Along our evolutionary journey from monkey-like ...

An international team of researchers led by UMD scientists have sequenced the complete genome for einkorn wheat, the world’s first domesticated crop and traced its evolutionary history. The ...

As eukaryotic cells started to form, eukaryotic traits may have emerged in early cells about one billion years before the ...

Whole-genome duplications are rare evolutionary events in which all the chromosomes and genes of a species are doubled. This supplies new genetic material to the gene pool and can provide an ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially.

In 2021, the American Psychological Association (APA) published a resolution: Apology to People of Color for APA’s Role in Promoting, Perpetuating, and Failing to Challenge Racism, Racial ...

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University of Nebraska alumnus George Beadle shared the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology with Edward Tatum for the ...

Consistency and Heterogeneity of Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Status in Paired Biopsy and Surgical Specimens of Colorectal Cancer: A Necessity for MSI Reassessment After Treatment? Incorporating ...