The salivary amylase gene, known as AMY1, is already known to have helped us adapt to eating carbs. It encodes amylase, an ...

Many species of animals go through mass migrations, but there’s likely no species on Earth that has migrated to more ...

A man is taken away by police officers during a demonstration by right-wing groups in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP) ...

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth's history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience ...

The columnist's annual reading list notes that ’twas the season for great fiction, and not just from a certain politician.

43,119 years ago: The Neanderthals go extinct ... This is the peak of the most recent ice age, affecting both ecosystems and human migration. ~17,275 years ago: Warming begins after the Last Glacial ...

Much remains a mystery about the Neanderthals' demise roughly 40,000 years ago. But a DNA analysis of a Neanderthal known as Thorin, nicknamed after a dwarf in "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien ...

Neanderthals, formally called Homo neanderthalensis, were more robustly built than Homo sapiens and had larger brows. They lived from around 430,000 years ago until their disappearance relatively ...

Immigration is essential to America’s health, otherwise we would be losing population and heading to a downward economic spiral. According to Census Bureau figures published Thursday, international ...

Labour and the Conservatives have traded blows over migration as figures confirmed more than 150,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in the last seven years. Boxing Day saw 407 people ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment.