Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled ... itself to comparative studies that offer new insights into human and ape evolution, and into what underlies the functional differences ...

The study, published in Nature, provides a deeper understanding of human and ape evolution ... and brain development. Segmental duplications in ape genomes provide a new model for understanding human ...

Other explorations of the ape reference genomes have led to unexpected findings of potential therapeutic significance. For example, the evolution ... uniquely human, such as a bigger brain." ...

The most dangerous deceptions aren’t the obvious ones—they’re the ones wrapped in gestures we’ve been conditioned to ...

In an unassuming storefront in Alliance, Ohio, over 20,000 wild-haired figurines with gemstone belly buttons are waiting to ...

Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks talks to The Conversation Weekly about AI’s potential to influence our evolution.

and even the evolution of the human brain. Li Haipeng, a computational biologist at the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health and another senior author, emphasized that this discovery is just ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He found a creative way to prove it.

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

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In the course of evolution, this interplay has led to the human brain being unique in its size and complexity. The newly gained insights not only provide a deeper understanding of the evolutionary ...