Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests.

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

Over 200 visitors interacted with each other over themes of drug resistant tuberculosis, extra-pulmonary TB and developments ...

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...

Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the ...

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient ... Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

A study on bat genomes, involving Texas Tech University, discovered genetic adaptations that help bats resist viral ...

Study on Drosophilidae shows positive correlations in viral susceptibility, highlighting evolutionary trends that may predict ...