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Evolutionary Genetics
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Human origins once looked like a simple migration story. According to geneticist David Reich, new evidence keeps turning it into a record of contact, disappearance, and surprise.
New research challenges old assumptions about the evolution of the human brain.
Life might be more common across the Universe than the "Hard Steps Model" suggests.
The discovery suggests that the "Boring Billion" period of evolution on Earth wasn't so boring after all.
After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry.
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A dog's breed isn't as predictive of behavior as many think it is. Environment and upbringing play a much larger role.
There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.
In the beginning, genes weren't needed.
John Templeton Foundation
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island's pest population go extinct.
Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.
Are physicists about to decode a mysterious field of science that could have huge implications for your health?
John Templeton Foundation
Scientists across a range of disciplines have helped solve Darwin's dilemma.
An evolutionary biologist explains why you probably won't grow a tail.
Who should sit atop the iron throne? Let your DNA decide. Here on Earth, we hold one important truth to be self-evident above all others: that all humans are created equal. […]