A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

PROTEUS, a system designed to harness “directed evolution,” can speed the process up by years, or even decades.

Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how ...

Evolution is a gradual change to the DNA of a species over many generations. It can occur by natural selection , when certain traits created by genetic mutations help an organism survive or reproduce.

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.

A new route to evolution: How DNA from our mitochondria works its way into our genomes. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 / 221005111913.htm ...

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...