Analysis - South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school ...

The phylogenetic relationships of twelve species of Chauliognathus were investigated by studying the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. A 678 bp fragment of the COI gene was sequenced to test ...

Reviewer #2 (Public review): Summary: In this work, Monroe JG and colleagues show a compelling case of convergent evolution in the fusion between an important mismatch repair protein (MSH6) and ...

We find that the topological accuracy of phylogenetic tree placement degrades quickly as genomic sequence evolution becomes increasingly non-tree-like. We then introduce a new statistical method for ...

A remarkable study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge proposes a dramatic shift in our understanding of human evolution. The research suggests that interspecies competition, rather than ...

A groundbreaking study employing full genome-scale data has revolutionized our understanding of bird evolution, revealing new insights into the phylogenetic relationships among bird species. By ...

By employing full genome data across 363 bird species, this is the largest-ever dataset used for phylogenetic analyses of birds. The team built a new pipeline to extract over 150,000 regions ...