Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

They are some of the most intensely studied species on Earth, and yet there is no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of primate evolutionary history that summarizes the pattern and timing ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

The fossil, Atlascystis acantha, is the oldest known echinoderm with a bilateral body plan. It bridges the evolutionary gap between the closest living relatives of echinoderms, all of which have ...

Examples of key genes linked to mathematical ability include ROBO1, which regulates the embryonic growth of the parietal cortex and predates the emergence of modern humans.