Dental enamel is the most highly mineralized hard tissue in the body and is unique in its composition and process of formation. In humans and many other mammals, the enamel formation is artificially ...

Interesting new paper in Genetics, Dietary Change and Adaptive Evolution of enamelin in Humans and Among Primates: Scans of the human genome have identified many loci as potential targets of recent ...

The natural world is rife with leftovers. Over the course of evolution, body parts that no longer benefit their owners eventually waste, away leaving behind shrivelled and useless anatomical remnants.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of ...

Biologists report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, providing fresh support for Charles Darwin's ...