Dec 4, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have sequenced the mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old...

Nov 15, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of 18 prehistoric wolf- and dog-like animals to show that more than 18,000 years ago, dogs...

Sep 24, 2013 by News Staff

Audubon’s warblers (Setophaga coronata auduboni) may have acquired genes from fellow migrating songbirds in order to travel greater distances, say...

May 16, 2013 by News Staff

A new study reported in the journal Nature Communications indicates that the Minoans, who 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization...