Study reveals how specific mutations in the H5N1 virus enhance its ability to bind human receptors, underscoring the need for ongoing surveillance of emerging strains. Study: A single mutation in ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, researchers discussed the role of climatic shifts and vegetation changes in driving the evolution within the subfamily ...

Without this remarkable human adaptation, it's unlikely that you would even have existed to be able to go for that run. Unlike most other animals, humans are capable of incredible endurance feats such ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

A new study shows that the patchwork of different ecosystems found in mountainous regions played a key role in the evolution of humans. A new study published in the journal Science Advances by ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Gray's Anatomy (the book, not the TV show) was the first comprehensive attempt to map evolved human physiological adaptations — the organs of the human body. Imagine a similar effort to map human ...

Map of Africa and Eurasia showing sites with evidence of human occupation. The inset shows a magnified view of Europe. A new study published in the journal Science Advances [1] by researchers at the ...