Scientists have uncovered evidence that autism-linked genes evolved unusually quickly in humans, possibly shaping traits like prolonged brain development and language. These findings suggest that the ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans. Researchers found that outer-layer neurons in the human brain evolved far more ...

“The idea of evolution by natural selection is, for me, probably the most beautiful idea in biology.” Bruce Willis’s wife makes ‘hardest decision’ to move star out of family home as his condition ...

A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer today (17 August) sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned, including the Ministry of Education, demanding the removal of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution by ...

Vanesa De Pietri receives funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund. Paul Scofield receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand. University of Canterbury provides funding as a ...

Imagine walking into a world where every beak tells a story of survival, innovation, and beauty. These birds possess some of the most astonishing beaks and bills in the avian kingdom. These incredibly ...

One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...

Discoveries about evolution have long been intertwined with bird beaks. The huge variety of beak shapes among finches in the Galapagos Islands became emblematic of Charles Darwin’s theory of natural ...