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Did Lucy Walk, Climb, or Both?
Much has been made of our ancestors “coming down out of the trees,” and many researchers view terrestrial bipedalism...
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Source of Evolutionary Differences Among Species Uncovered
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine researchers have uncovered a genetic basis for fundamental differences between humans and other...
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Biologic Link to Homosexuality
Epigenetics — how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches called epi-marks — appears to be critical in determining...
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DNA From Prehistoric Yeast Cells Reconstructed
How does evolution innovate? We exist because our ancestors have had the ability to adapt successfully to changes in...
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The Origin of Species?
The old saying that where there’s muck, there’s brass has never proved more true than in genetics. Once, and...
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Monkeys Show Why It’s Hard to Prove Ancient Human Interbreeding
A bundle of recent genetic studies have suggested that modern humans had sex with Neanderthals thousands of years ago...
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‘Cognitive Big Bang’ Discovered in Tiny Sea Worm
Several “brainy” genes that were duplicated in a tiny sea creature nearly 550 million years ago may have led...
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Origin of Intelligence, Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans — and other mammals — have evolved to have intelligence....
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Scientists Build With DNA Bricks
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have coaxed single strands of DNA to fit together like Lego bricks and form...
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Human Evolution Enters Exciting New Phase
If you could escape the human time scale for a moment, and regard evolution from the perspective of deep...