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FMF is an autoinflammatory genetic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis (inflammation of the ...

A gene that is switched on in human brain cells has turned out to be a jumping gene that never fully gave up jumping. The gene, BC200, descends from a mobile piece of DNA, and researchers led by ...

When the human genome was first sequenced, one of the most striking findings was how little separates us from our closest ...

Humans walk upright, carry brains three times larger than those of our closest relatives, and possess slender, distinctly ...

Archaeologists have recovered Neanderthal DNA from six hand-bone fragments found in Abauntz Cave, Navarre, in what ...

A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage called the Denisovans, who once ...

All good things must come to an end. Sadly, Homo sapiens’ time on Earth is no exception. And someone would surely take our ...

The Lord of the Rings filmmaker helped acquire the rare moa egg, one of less than 40 known to exist, after a gallery in ...

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A new review published in *Frontiers in Immunology* introduces a framework for translating evolutionary animal defenses into ...

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