A review article now published in Nature Reviews Genetics brings together evolutionary theory, comparative genomics and large ...

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Ancient fossilized babies of crocodile-like predators are rewriting evolutionary history. Previously, scientists believed ...

Beneficial mutations happen quite frequently, but the world changes too fast for them to stick.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don't need it—and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...