Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have ...

Cortical Labs out of Melbourne, Australia has created the CL1, the "world’s first code deployable biological computer" that runs on living, lab-grown ...

Natural ecosystems comprise groups of species capable of living in the specific conditions of a biological system. However, if we visit a specific natural area, we will not find all the species ...

Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans' scrapes and cuts tend to stick around for more than twice ...