A new PNAS study finds identical genetic changes independently evolved in jellyfish lineages separated by more than 600 ...

Population genetics applies mathematical and statistical approaches to gene‐frequency changes over time and space, uniting genetics, evolutionary biology and anthropology to illuminate human origins, ...

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. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Evolutionary genetics challenges a recent two-person origin for the entire human population. It does not necessarily ...

Some colorful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model evolution. Developed by Dr. Simone Blomberg from The University of ...

Today, researchers from leading institutions, including the University of Manitoba, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Polar Bears International, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and San Diego Zoo ...

The remarkable intelligence of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish may trace back to an ancient reshuffling of their DNA that ...

When The Scientist first interviewed Mohamed Noor back in 2012, he was already an award-winning, established researcher in genetics and evolution at Duke University. His early work in Drosophila ...

Within these secluded pockets of the world reside creatures of astonishing form and color, exhibiting traits that seem to defy the ordinary. Among these natural wonders, the concept of “shiny wild” ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...