Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum.

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in ...

Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are ...

The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by Lancaster ...

Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old remains in Colombia reveals syphilis-related bacteria existed some 3,000 years earlier than previously known, says a new study.

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in ...

A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

“What we can say with confidence is that heartworm evolution is far older and more complex than a simple story of parasites ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

Tracing the emergence of termites back to cockroaches, scientists have found that termites didn’t become more socially complex by gaining new genes, but by losing them. The findings shed new light on ...