The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

But how did language start and when did humans first evolve this ability to use language ... We didn’t need a lot of linguistic structure when all we needed to communicate was a few distinct calls to ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

Since Darwin revealed his seminal theory of evolution by natural selection, human beings have endeavored to understand their own evolutionary origins and history. A lot of questions still remain, but ...

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer ...