evolution

How supermountains powered evolution

Ziyi Zhu wanted to know when these ranges formed, but she also stumbled upon their influence on life on Earth

3 years ago

Did the best wheat come from Georgia?

Trying to find the origins of the modern plant, researchers came upon the ancestor of the most popular bread wheat

3 years ago

Do wild animals get PTSD?

Many creatures that endure trauma show lasting changes in behavior and physiology. Researchers now believe this may be adaptive behavior

4 years ago

Study of primate vowel sounds pushes speech evolution back 27 million years

New evidence suggests that the dawn of speech came before the time of our last common ancestor with Old World…

6 years ago

Of animal memory and Alzheimer’s

Other creatures replay their memories to make assessments, a revelation that has implications for humans, too

6 years ago