A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats. Some of the ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".

A small team of computational and evolutionary biologists from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan ...

In the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy, medical investigators and the sheriff's office are temporarily restrained ...

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

A gene linked to obesity in Labradors is the same one found in humans, scientists say. The discovery could help researchers ...