Major branches in the tree of language reconstructed Date: September 10, 2021 Source: Santa Fe Institute Summary: A team of researchers is using a novel technique to comb through the data and to ...

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

A new study suggests the unique human version of the NOVA1 protein developed after our ancestors split from Neanderthals on the evolutionary tree, and it might have given us a competitive edge ...

Douglas and senior scientist Peter Wills applied the model to cephalopods (including octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and vampire squids), as well as to the evolution of Indo-European languages, and ...

For the first time, our recent paper cross-referenced location, DNA data and appearance for a range of animals and plants. We looked at evolutionary trees based on appearance or on molecules for ...