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A new collaborative study led by Sarah Tishkoff shows that Neanderthals inherited at least 6% of their genome from a now-extinct lineage of early modern humans.

Bats have acquired remarkable traits throughout their evolution. But perhaps most impressive is their robust immune system. It protects bats from viruses that wreak havoc in humans, like COVID-19 or Ebola.

A team of scientists sought to identify and characterize Fanzor enyzmes in large-scale genetic databases. Their genetic mining venture, published in Science Advances, outlines the discovery of over 3,600 Fanzors in eukaryotes.

A 12% reduction in daily calories has been found to rejuvenate muscles and activate the pathways important for healthy aging in humans.

The houting, a fish species that lived in North Sea estuaries and is officially extinct, turns out to be alive and well. Researchers extracted DNA from multiple houtings conserved in the museum, up to 250+ years old.

The existence of extra legs in caterpillars has long posed an evolutionary mystery to biologists. A recent study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) linked this novel trait to crustaceans.

A new study has shown that renting a home, rather than outright home ownership, has been linked to faster biological aging – the deterioration and accumulation of damage in our cells.

The humble fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied animals on the planet and new insights continue to be revealed about the fly’s evolution thanks to centuries-old DNA.

Researchers have developed a "clock" that accurately measures biological aging in healthy and diseased tissue. They used the clock to better understand the impact of different treatment options for kidney disease.

A research consortium has published a flurry of papers detailing a “major step forward” in our knowledge of the human brain. The project includes a draft genomic atlas of the brain that authors say could boost neuroscience much as the human genome project advanced genomics.