The Major Histocompatibility Complex region evolves via gene birth-and-death, resulting in short-lived genes, rapidly expanding gene subfamilies, and many gene fragments.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously thought, starting with evolutionary changes in its bite.

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long ...

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Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size. The first such giants evolved 15 million ...

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever ...