The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. It is the first time ...

For the first time, researchers used data from protein shapes and combined it with data from genomic sequences to improve the reliability of evolutionary trees—which they describe as a critical ...

Protein shapes can help untangle life's ancient history A new way of merging genomic and structural data can help dive deep into evolutionary relationships Date: January 15, 2025 Source: Center ...

Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, revealing deep-rooted relationships among species with ...

Emo, similarly worm-like with a long body and spines, also features shells and a compressed body similar to chitons. This mix of features helps researchers better understand the mollusk evolutionary ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ... the newest members of the human tree of life.) ...

Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist renowned for co-developing the theory of evolution alongside Charles Darwin – and for mapping out the biodiversity of the Indonesian Archipelago.

we lack a complete picture of MHC evolution in the primates. We readdress this question using sequences from dozens of MHC genes and pseudogenes spanning the entire primate order, building a ...

lifestyle and brain integrity—measured by cortical thickness—as well as cognitive evolution and brain atrophy over time. "The aim was to elucidate how various combinations of psychological ...