University of Tokyo researchers have investigated the origin and dispersal scenarios of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia. The ...

A new study uncovers crucial insights into the gene interactions linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), revealing how ...

The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s Upasna Sharma to determine how a father’s life experiences and environment can ...

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands ...

A new computational tool allows researchers to understand how the diverse cell types of the human body are made during ...

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating ...

The Neolithic Revolution was the world's first verifiable revolution in agriculture. It began in Britain between about 5000 ...

Language likely arose from mutations in hundreds of genes, as well as anatomical changes in the throat and brain. It’s most likely that Neanderthals and Denisovans could speak as well.

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in ...

Later research found it was shared with Neanderthals. The NOVA1 variant in modern humans, on the other hand, is found exclusively in our species, Darnell said. The presence of a gene variant isn't ...

Later research found it was shared with Neanderthals. The NOVA1 variant in modern humans, on the other hand, is found exclusively in our species, Darnell said. The presence of a gene variant isn ...