Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

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Scientists link baker’s yeast evolution to ancient human movements, suggesting we’ve been shaping microbial life far longer ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

Exploring the reasons behind human and mammalian hairlessness, this article discusses the evolutionary advantages of sparse ...

After being abandoned by failed setters, a rare breed of wild cattle flourished on a remote island in the Southern Indian ...

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Have you ever wondered how new species come into existence? Well, buckle up, because we’re about to dive into a moth-tivating ...

A study has shown that a dangerous game of ‘brinkmanship’ between rival genes in mammals could help explain why many fertilised eggs don’t result in a new life.