A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

Structural variants in the human genome include cytogenetically detectable and submicroscopic deletions, duplications, large-scale copy-number variants, inversions and translocations. The ability ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

Researchers from The University of Manchester—in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo—have ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Vision changes are an inevitable part of aging, but why are some more susceptible to age-related eye diseases and why do some individuals experience more severe decline than others?

BEIJING -- Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic ...