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 ...

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Study co-led by UB finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding ...

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

Ancient DNA might be the reason for your love of carbohydrates such as bread and chips, research suggests. Humans may have ...

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

Humanity’s love of carbohydrates started 800,000 years ago when cavemen developed genes to break down starchy food, a study ...

Analyzing the genomes of 68 ancient humans, including a 45,000-year-old sample from Siberia, the researchers found that ...

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

OUR love of chips, bread and cakes holds millions of us back from a slim waist and perfect health – and it dates back ...

OUR love of fish and chips goes back almost a million years, a study reveals. Neanderthals and cavemen had the same gene that ...