The evolutionary history of a salivary protein may point to interbreeding between humans and an enigmatic ancient relative

Understanding natural variation in these responses could have important agricultural applications in challenging environments.

Why this plant family has a unique way to make such an important chemical building block is a mystery that extends back to the 1960s

An international research team has uncovered 300,000 year-old fossil bones of Homo sapiens, a find that represents the oldest reliably dated fossil evidence of our species

Survival of mass extinctions helps to explain near indestructible properties of hospital "superbugs"

The new program "ModelFinder" will allow more accurate scientific estimates of evolutionary processes

The map of dog breeds, which is the largest to date, unearths new evidence that dogs traveled with humans across the Bering land bridge

Brain size in primates is predicted by diet, an analysis by a team of NYU anthropologists indicates

First-of-its-kind study helps answer major question about development and evolution in males versus females

For a plant, the evolutionary pathways to becoming a carnivore may be limited, researchers say