Researchers have identified two genes from the human genome’s “dark matter” that influence brain size and synaptic signaling.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

A new study identifies two genes tied to brain size and synapse function, hidden in hard-to-sequence DNA repeats. Using ...

Using data from the T2T reference, scientists linked two new genes to changes in brain size and synapse signaling.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from ... of their skeletons that swallows are really closer relatives of owls than swifts. Size matters when it comes to evolution But convergent ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more.

New research suggests Chiari Malformation Type 1, a serious brain disorder, may result from Neanderthal genes passed down ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...