Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a new computational tool to help evolutionary biologists analyze complex genetic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species and the ...

However, being taller and more muscular comes with greater evolutionary costs, as a male must eat a lot and also be physically healthy both during childhood and as an adult to achieve and maintain ...

Evolution = optimization Evolution is the driving force for every organism. Given its environment, an organism adapts, survives, and withstands selective pressure. "Adaptation can be seen as an ...

The secondary structure proportions of the same gene may vary between different species, possibly due to evolutionary divergence. Furthermore, variations in secondary structure proportions were ...

"Our study with chimpanzees clearly shows that they share some similarities in this phenomenon, suggesting the deep evolutionary origin of contagious urination." The team decided to study the ...