And, while other branches of the human evolutionary tree are vigorously debated in the literature, the usual signposts of phylogenetic uncertainty (e.g., dashed lines, alternate branches ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, ...

The tool, called PsiPartition, improves both the computational efficiency of the data analysis and the accuracy of the phylogenetic trees that visualize these relationships. The novel method was ...

Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

The story of human evolution is not one of neat, linear progression with a concrete beginning and end. Instead, it is a tale of a family tree whose complex and bushy branches stretch over many ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

A new computational tool improves the analysis of genetic data, making it easier and faster to study the evolutionary ...