Quantitative experiments in evolutionary biology have ushered in a new era. Theories can now be tested experimentally, as they are in the physical sciences. Digital organisms (self-replicating ...

Here we provide an overview of the major findings related to human-lineage-specific (HLS) genomic and genetic changes and describe how these findings might relate to human-specific traits. The range ...

When Duke University School of Medicine professor Daniel Belsky and his colleagues cross-referenced data from a longitudinal study of 918 people from Dunedin, New Zealand, they discovered a connection ...