ISTANBUL –The latest study reveals that the salivary amylase gene may have duplicated as early as 800,000 years ago, long ...

Genes that help humans digest carbohydrates could have started evolving more than 800,000 years ago, long before the advent ...

The study uncovered that Neanderthals and Denisovans, our close extinct relatives, also exhibited amylase gene duplications.

The origin of modern humans’ long-standing love affair with carbs may predate our existence as a species, according to a new ...

By examining DNA samples from many ancient humans, scientists can track when we began increasing our carbohydrate intake.

Folks who struggle to reduce their carb intake might be able to blame ancient DNA still lurking in humans, a new study ...

Researchers have found that the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago.

A new study has suggested that the ability to start digesting starchy foods in the mouth may have developed before the split ...