Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Researchers at HSE University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have identified 15 key motives that ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

The key to reversing cellular aging may lie in a protein responsible for toggling cells between a "young" and an "old" state.

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes, examined the effects of different mutations in the ADNP protein, which is essential for normal brain development and aging, on the brain ...

A decade ago this past June, my sister died at the National Institutes of Health. I still have faith in them, and I hope that ...

Mr Akpabio, his political allies and friends have been trying hard to distance the Senate president from the disgraceful ...

University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past ...

A recent DNA study challenges long-held beliefs about the evolution of skin color in ancient Europeans, revealing that the ...

The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...