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 ...

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

These studies often utilize genetic, morphological, and fossil data to construct phylogenetic trees, which visually ... and have systems in place to gain human feedback on the overall quality ...

Evolutionary relationships, or phylogeny, involves studying evolutionary paths or lineages of organisms and is often represented by a phylogenetic tree. A phylogenetic tree shows the points at which ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can significantly affect the ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional ...

Humans' increasingly large footprint across the planet is forcing plants & animals to adapt and is affecting some species' evolutionary path.

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Polar Bears Are Changing Their Diets Polar bears, the iconic arctic giants, are being driven to make significant dietary ...