A newly identified version of a gene in the human genome appears to have influenced our capacity for complex speech.
President Donald Trump called himself the 'father of IVF,' or in-vitro fertilization. Patients are rejoicing at his latest ...
A human-specific NOVA1 gene variant may have influenced the emergence of spoken language. When introduced into mice, it ...
It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also ...
An international team of archaeologists, ethnologists and historians has uncovered the oldest-known evidence of stone blade ...
One of the most enigmatic extinct human species, is Homo floresiensis, the Hobbit species. Apparently, there are some people who are of the belief that Homo floresiensis never went extinct.
The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a ...
Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...
Down to its name, the Slamdance film festival was conceived as the punk cousin to Sundance. As the media increasingly writes ...