Molecular evolutionary biologist Masatoshi Nei says Darwin never proved natural selection is the driving force of evolution — because it isn't. The biologist has just received Japan’s prestigious ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not ...

A groundbreaking study published in this week’s issue of PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more ...

All of living nature is subject to evolution. Living organisms are exposed to selection pressure, which means that those that are best able to assert themselves survive. This natural selection process ...

Groundbreaking research shows that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm become more common—not just from random ...

A study published in Nature by researchers at IRB Barcelona and the University of Washington shows that smoking and ...

Scientists in Helsinki studied nearly 400 dog families to see how new DNA mutations arise in puppies. They found that older ...