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Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

New research examines how early humans evolved to eat carbohydrates by studying the duplication of a certain gene that helped ...

Neanderthals might have lived as ‘different human form’ instead of separate species, scientists say - ‘We demonstrate that ...

The acclaimed writer's new book is as erudite as its predecessors, but it’s less self-conscious — funnier and freer.

LSU anthropology professor attended a conference in Croatia, where she was invited to present her research on human ancestors ...

Those looking to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime event will want to look in the western part of the night sky, ...

The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his suggestions for fall reading, including new novels by Richard Powers, Rachel Kushner and Danzy Senna.

Could a private citizen get hold of a genome and use it to bring an extinct animal back to life? —Anjali Rawal | Encinitas, ...

Get ready for a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, unseen for 80,000 years, will grace our skies. Will ...

The gene that kick off starch digestion potentially duplicated for the first time long before farming.