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Science Study Shows Rapid Evolution Helped Wildflower Survive California Megadrought

Pre-drought genetic variation predicted which scarlet monkeyflower populations rebounded years later.

X‑Chromosome Study Points to Sex‑Biased Human–Neanderthal Pairings Led by Neanderthal Males

Body-Wide Single-Cell Atlas Charts How Aging Rewires Cells Across 21 Mouse Organs

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Study Links Humans’ Use of Fire to Evolution in Burn-Response Genes

Massive Genomic Study Maps Five Shared Risk Signatures Across 14 Psychiatric Disorders

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Ancient DNA Shows Housecats Originated in North Africa and Reached Europe Only 2,000 Years Ago

Tiny DNA Tweaks Tied to Neanderthals’ Bigger Jaws, Study Finds

Dog Aging Project Maps Blood Markers of Age, Spotlighting Kidney-Linked Amino Acids

67-Million-Year-Old Alberta Fossil Recasts Otophysan Fish Origins

Study of 117-Year-Old Maps Genetic and Microbiome Clues to Disease-Free Longevity

Researchers Publish Most Detailed Molecular Profile of a 117-Year-Old Supercentenarian

Nature Study Finds Digits Evolved by Reusing Ancestral Cloacal Regulatory DNA

MIT-Led Cell Atlas Charts Epigenomic Breakdown in Alzheimer’s Progression

Genome Study Reveals How Pygmy Seahorses Evolved Coral-Mimicking Bodies

Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds

JNK Pathway Loss Drives Resistance to Endocrine and CDK4/6 Treatment in ER+ Breast Cancer

Genome Study Reveals Ancient Tomato Hybrid Gave Rise to Modern Potato

Modern Humans Experienced Two Rounds of Selection on a Brain Enzyme