Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Short snouts and a flat profile—within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species.

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

German pig skulls changed significantly due to selective breeding. Scientists found shorter snouts and flatter foreheads in ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...