A groundbreaking DNA study has unveiled a hidden chapter in human evolution, revealing that all modern humans evolved from ...

Population genetics explores the distribution and change in frequency of alleles within and between populations, while genetic diversity underpins the capacity of species to adapt to environmental ...

Stray dogs in Chernobyl reveal genetic changes after decades of radiation, offering unique clues about how life adapts in ...

For more than half a century, many biologists have leaned on the neutral theory of molecular evolution to explain how DNA and ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by ...

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. Using advanced analysis based ...

This study explains why helpful DNA changes appear often but rarely spread, because environments shift too fast for evolution ...

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers have now developed a transformative approach that identifies stretches of DNA that two ...

A new study places the origin of the Imazighen in the Epipaleolithic, more than twenty thousand years ago. The research concludes that the genetic origin of the current Arab population of north Africa ...

DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2007 – Scientific studies of why foods such as Brussels sprouts and stout beer are horribly bitter-tasting to some people but palatable to others are shedding light on a number of ...