How did horses become some of the greatest athletes in the animal kingdom? Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine may have found the answer, pinpointing a genetic mutation and evolutionary process that ...

A large-scale population genomic study has shed new light on the evolutionary and domestication history of the button ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

The vaginal microbiome, a complex ecosystem inhabited by diverse microbial communities, plays a pivotal role in maintaining reproductive health and protecting against infections. Recent advancements ...

Insects thrive in incredibly diverse and challenging environments. While we now know that nutrient-sensing pathways, immune-metabolic interactions, and ...

Explore the fascinating ways dog breeds continue to evolve through genetic influences. Coat Length The fluffy Afghan Hound and the sleek Greyhound may seem worlds apart. Yet, their coat length is ...

Unlike the nuclear genome, the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is small, circular, and maternally inherited. This simplifies lineage tracing and can guide inferences of evolutionary relationships as part ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

A groundbreaking DNA study has unveiled a hidden chapter in human evolution, revealing that all modern humans evolved from two ancient and distinct groups. This research, published in March 2025, ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement. For example, humans have ...

Some colourful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model evolution. Developed by Dr Simone Blomberg from The University of ...