Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

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Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

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Neanderthal populations suffered a single late genetic bottleneck, refuting long-held theories about their diversity.

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