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A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

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While artificial intelligence continues to evolve, human skills like empathy, leadership, creativity, and collaboration will ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

Neanderthals lost genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Researchers confirmed this by studying fossilized inner ears.

Though not an intentional trait selection, these changes resulted from breeding for growth and fertility, possibly influenced by diet. The study highlights how humans can accelerate evolution far more ...

What if humanity has yet to develop the necessary tools to truly process and communicate experiences with UAP and Non-Human ...

In this period of change, all C-suites are working to determine what AI can do for their organization. For CSOs, this is an ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...