Scientists may know the structure of a protein or its function, but haven't always been able to link the two

"Our research uncovers a pattern showing that cold, harsh environments were stressful for Neanderthals." 

Gene duplication has been proposed as playing a key role in innovation since the 1970s, but latest findings add important empirical evidence to support this theory

One critical gene in green algae responsible for multicellular evolution, understanding of cancer origin

The new genetic data reveal two big changes in prehistoric human populations that are closely linked to the end of the last Ice Age around 19,000 years ago

"For tens of millions of years before their ultimate demise, dinosaurs were beginning to lose their edge as the dominant species on Earth."

An idea first proposed 138 years ago that limbs evolved from gills, which has been widely discredited due to lack of supporting fossil evidence, may prove correct after all

Study traces how a largely unfamiliar pathogen led to a global epidemic

Award is part of $8.7 million effort across eight institutions in United States and Europe

The vegetarian allele evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations