New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

The mystery surrounding the origins of human language continues to intrigue the scientific community. The ability to ...

Structural variants in the human genome include cytogenetically detectable and submicroscopic deletions, duplications, large-scale copy-number variants, inversions and translocations. The ability ...

Still frame image showing the hindfoot of a live Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans) from a ventral perspective just before the salamander takes a step forward. This image shows the large digital ...

Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...

A previous study constrained the Denisovan admixture event to between ... Even the analysis of a relatively recent genome from a 7,000-year-old individual found in Wallacea (a region in southeast ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human population, which scientists dubbed the Denisovans. Many people alive today carry traces of ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human population, which scientists dubbed the Denisovans.Many people alive today carry traces of ...