In humans and many other animals, a mother's age can affect the physical and behavioral characteristics of the next generation. Scientists call these changes maternal age effects, and while they are ...
New research suggests that no matter what we eventually determine the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees to be, we'll learn it was a primate that climbed trees.
Human brain evolution may owe as much to the consumption of fruit and honey as to meat, according to a new Analytical Review. Most people cut sugar first when they decide to improve their diet. The ...
The Jomon show signs of some genetic adaptations similar to those found in Greenlandic Inuit. (Alison Wright/Corbis ...
Scientists have long thought an unusual genetic system helped ants, bees, and wasps evolve their extraordinary social ...
A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may ...
The brain is a glutton for glucose, broken down from carbohydrates, which often come from starchy or naturally sweet foods. Pixabay Long before soft drinks and cookies, our ancestors may have had a ...
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