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All in Genetics
What if we want to know what life was like before written text, before the beginning of modern oral history? How can we see the world that existed more than 50,000 years ago? For this, we turn to the stories contained within our DNA.
Nowadays, the idea of evolution through natural selection is widely known—but what does it actually mean, and is it still happening today?
Just this month, scientists announced the sequencing of an ancient human hybrid whose DNA was half Neanderthal and half Denisovan. Find out what it means for our understanding of our own species.
When reading about genetics, you may wonder why some people’s eyes are brown while others’ are blue. The genetics behind your physical appearance and the nuances of disease-risk can be confusing. But if you understand some of the terminology, you can use your DNA to learn about potential disease risks, personal athleticism, dietary intolerances, and more.
Neanderthals and Denisovans are our ancient relatives. Archeological data indicates that archaic humans evolved into Neanderthals and Denisovans in the Eurasian continent over hundreds of thousands of years before the anatomically modern man—our most immediate ancestors—left Africa.
Platypuses can tell us many things about mammalian evolution. They may even be able to teach us about the evolution of our dreams. Learn about the process of dreaming and what this curious animal tells us about sleep.
Near the cement-sealed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the worst nuclear accident in history, you might expect a wasteland—a stretch of Ukrainian countryside completely uninhabitable by organisms of any kind. But you'd be wrong.
While tidbits about snakes and owls are interesting, it’s those revealing insights into our own species that can be the most surprising. So with that in mind, here’s three fun facts about humans that you can use to inspire others to take an interest in human history, and look cool doing it.
Where did fruit flies come from? Turns out the answer to this question can tell us a whole lot more than just the history of the fly.
