From popular culture to the dark corners of the internet, there are many claims about “fundamental” differences between people on the basis of gender, racial or ethnic groups, sexuality, or other ...

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Scientists have long wondered whether evolution would follow the same path if history had a chance for a “do-over.” New research suggests that it does, when it comes to the brain and its regulation of ...

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As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

Schizophrenia affects around 23 million people globally, or one in 345 people. The illness can beset sufferers with ...

Revision of papers presented at the 1955 and 1956 conferences sponsored by the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Study of Evolution ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and ...