For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University reveal protein changes linked to longevity throughout mammalian evolution. Over the past several decades, human lifespan has steadily increased. However, this progre ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of ...

Researchers have identified a critical amino acid transporter, SlAAP6, that enhances tomato growth and salt tolerance by ...

The project also shows that mammoths in the Modern Late Pleistocene fell into three genetic groups, all of which shared a most recent common ancestor around 780,000 years ago. Notably, this loosely ...