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A key question in human evolution explores the identity of the first human to leave Africa, and a new study offers fresh ...

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An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, working with 15 collaborators around the world, has conducted the most ...

Astronomers know the universe is expanding, and that its rate of expansion is continually accelerating. Most explanations rely on “dark energy” to explain this phenomenon, but a new study takes a ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Why do humans seem uniquely prone to autism? A new study suggests the answer lies deep in the wiring of our brains, and in the peculiar bargains evolution struck to make us human. Researchers from ...