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

A new study shows that our ability to digest carbs long predates the agricultural revolution, and even Neanderthals had ...

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A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have occurred as far back as more than 800,000 years ago, ...

Even by the usual standards of stargazing, it is a rare opportunity. But anyone studying the horizon just after sunset in the coming days is in with a chance of spotting a comet last seen when ...

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

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Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the researchers have uncovered a history of genetic intermingling that reveals a ...

In this tricky comic thriller, a female American secret agent infiltrates a rural French commune of environmental terrorists ...

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

The ‘once in a lifetime’ sighting saw the comet come within 44 million miles of Earth. Stargazers were left in awe as they ...

The conclusions are tentative, but it’s possible our closest relatives relied too much on the advantage gravity gave them.