Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

Yale scientists discovered that cavefish species independently evolved blindness and depigmentation as they adapted to dark cave environments, with some lineages dating back over 11 million years.

Finally Foods—a molecular farming startup producing casein in potatoes—has struck a deal with Israeli beverage and dairy ...

Biologists discover mechanisms of evolutionary change in a cheese fungus. The discovery may point to more robust ...

High school textbooks may frame evolution as a thing of the past, but it is very much alive, said Dr. Arkhat Abzhanov, a ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

This research underscores how biology and computation are merging. Generative AI — already used to design proteins and ...