The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ...

These studies included analyses of the Y chromosome, mitochondrial DNA, and whole genomes. By examining single nucleotide ...

New research, in a rat model, finds that both biological sex and mitochondrial DNA – the small set of genes inherited only ...

A genomic analysis suggests humans had the cognitive capacity for language at least 135,000 years ago, based on early ...

All languages likely come from a single original one, and early people began spreading around the world 135,000 years ago.

Judge Timothy Mazzei will preside over the Frye hearing, which will begin with one prosecution witness who will also be cross ...

When did human language begin? It’s a deep question about our past. A new study suggests that humans had the ability to use ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on February 27, 2025, in Volume 17, Issue 2, titled “Age, sex, and ...

Humans speak more than 7,000 languages today. As different as they all seem, researchers argue in a new review that they all ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...