Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

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New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

This implies that structural variation might be important for the dynamics of gene and organismal evolution. From the mounting evidence about CNVs alone, it is already clear that the contribution ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way. Speech allowed us to ...

So why evolve bright warning signals when camouflage could also deter predators? The answer lies in the local predator ...