When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

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Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

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

Evolution is a gradual change to the DNA of a species over many generations. It can occur by natural selection , when certain traits created by genetic mutations help an organism survive or reproduce.

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found remarkable differences.