When a cell divides, the genome has to be duplicated, then the two copies separated and one goes to each daughter cell. But ...

The thesis of Eytan Avital and Eva Jablonka's book is that the evolution of ... which allows them to make their case for non-genetic evolution. But for modern evolutionary biology, evolution ...

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.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

Yet this genetic similarity is very real ... many dramatic examples of how genes have been "conserved" throughout evolution -- that is, genes that perform certain functions in lower animals ...

About 300,000 years ago, these groups came back together, with one group contributing 80% of the genetic makeup of modern humans and the other contributing 20%. For the last two decades, the ...

Over the years, the theory of evolution by natural selection has itself evolved, absorbing new findings about genes, DNA, ...

In her new book, she examines theories of personality to explain why no two people are alike. Drawing mainly on behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology, she tries to solve the mystery of h ...

His scientific research focuses on population and evolutionary genetics; he also writes about the interface between religion and science. He is the author of several books, including Genetics and ...

Fish are easy to handle and produce numerous offspring, which could open up new possibilities for researchers in the fields ...

The topics that will be covered include biological molecules, cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, cell division, genetics, evolution, the diversity of life, and ecology. This course will ...