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

Such a discovery could broaden our understanding of human evolution and the interactions between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. However, at this stage, these revelations raise more questions than ...

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

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

Spears work better when thrown from a height, but a surprising study finds the same does not apply to weapons launched from ...

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

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 ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry ...

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