Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

“In order to fully exploit trees’ potential to support human health, cities should strive to not only increase the number of trees but also to connect isolated green spaces – including by creating ...

From Tesla to toddlers, here's a look at Elon Musk's growing family of 14 children and the four women who have shaped his journey into fatherhood. Middle Image by Tesla Owners Club Belgium, licensed ...

University of Cambridge researchers have now uncovered an estrangement in our family tree, which began with a population ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution," Cousins says. "What's ...

To begin with, the researchers examined high-resolution tree canopy data to determine the structure of tree-covered green spaces within a radius of 500 metres of a person’s place of residence. In ...

Published in Nature Genetics, the research offers a more complex theory of human evolution than the commonly accepted one, based on extensive genomic analysis. "The question of where we come from ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two distinct species about 300,000 years ago. By analysing modern human DNA, ...

The researchers involved with the new study didn’t need to rely on elusive ancient remains to establish this revised chapter of human history. Instead, they tapped into modern human DNA from the 1000 ...

Languages: English. 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 ...

Beyond human ancestry, the researchers say their method could help to transform how scientists study the evolution of other species. In addition to their analysis of human evolutionary history ...