A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is ...

Many scientific discoveries are serendipitous—the result of chance. Seeing evolution in action in a cheese cave turned out to ...

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer ...

Think you know monkeys? From bananas to big-screen stereotypes, Dr. Paul Garber busts the biggest monkey myths with real ...

The discovery of reasons for fungi's evolution can help in understanding the reasons for local mutations and the disease-causing capability of fungi.

The microbiome comprises a multitude of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism. The interactions of body cells and the microbiome form a structural and often ...

Scientists have identified tubulin structures in primitive Asgard archea that may have been the precursor of our own cellular ...

Li Zhao explores the unexpected emergence of de novo genes, shedding light on their crucial function in adaptation and ...

Artificial intelligence is now better than humans at identifying many patterns, but evolutionary relationships have always ...

Structural reconstruction of thousands of ancient nitrogenases through Earth’s history uncovers architectural constraints that shaped their evolution under global environmental transitions.

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans.