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

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

New research traces the genetic underpinnings of the enzyme amylase, which helps humans digest starches and sugars ...

Colossal Biosciences, which intends to create proxy species of the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger, claims it has ...

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 ...

That study, in the journal Nature, suggested that humans acquired more copies of amylase genes with the arrival of ...

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

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

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