Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A new study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

Around 4.2 billion years ago, life on Earth already existed. A universal common ancestor, named LUCA, was there. How did this microbe manage to survive in such a young and hostile world? New ...

Previous research had revealed eight new ancestral lineages of Thecamoebae, the largest group in Amoebozoa, a clade (a common ancestor and all its descendants) of protozoans with pseudopodia ...

Ancient Ancestral South Indians (AASI) The first of Indians' common ancestors are the Ancient Ancestral South Indians (AASI), the first Indians. Researchers have discovered distant genetic ...

So, you’re sure your ancestors came from the Emerald Isle? If you can relate to the majority of our fun list below, there can be no doubt about it! 1. If most people struggle to pronounce your ...

Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways to wolves and bears, according to our recent study, ...

Generational grace is the reason any individual with a history of persecution in their family feels the call to defend free ...

A modern academic postulated that before modern consciousness occurred, the voices ancient Greeks heard in their heads were ...

Writer Miguel Machado shares in a personal essay how difficult times inspired him to reclaim spirituality and Santería.

By News Centre Following the joint alphabet studies, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) took another step to ...