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Ancestor

3d representation of dna
Science

Ancient DNA reveals migration patterns of the first millennium

Pranjal Malewar

A more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA.

Fossil of the early sail-backed synapsid Dimetrodon
Biology

New study reveals the complex evolution of mammals’ upright posture

Pranjal Malewar

How mammals got their stride?

Spider embryo
Biology

The mystery of spider waist development unraveled

PLOS

Sequencing and gene silencing revealed a previously unstudied gene that regulates spider development.

Indian people with national tricolour flag showing togetherness and strength in unity
Science

An analysis reveals the origin of the Indian people

Pranjal Malewar

50,000 years of evolutionary history of India.

neanderthal on solid black background
Biology

Neanderthal ancestors may have been early risers

Amit Malewar

Substantial genetic differences in the circadian systems of Neanderthals and modern humans.

Apes and early humans
Biology

Our shoulders and elbows have first evolved as a natural braking system for our primate ancestors

Pranjal Malewar

Study introduces ‘downclimbing’ from trees as a driver in early-human evolution.

Image showing Fruit fly experiments.
Health

Immune systems develop silver bullet defenses against bacteria

Vidya Nagalwade

Immune systems produce genes to combat common bacteria in food.

Image showing coloured dna espiral
Biology

A new approach to genetic genealogy reveals african american heritage

Vidya Nagalwade

A novel method for determining genetic ancestry that sheds light on the history of African Americans.

Image showing DNA.
Health

Lingering effects of neanderthal DNA are still present in modern humans

Vidya Nagalwade

Neanderthal genes are still influencing human traits.

desert dragons
Archaeology

Study identifies oldest known scaled building plans in human history

Pranjal Malewar

Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert mega structures.

Image showing two mudskippers.
Science

Our ancestors evolved from water to land

Vidya Nagalwade

Fish have evolved a blinking behavior that is similar to our blinking.

Morganucodon
Science

Revealing the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of all mammals

Pranjal Malewar

The results will help to understand the genetics behind adaptations.

Undergraduate students participating in the Drimolen Field School in South Africa excavated fossils at an important paleoanthropological site. A new discovery from the Drimolen site is the earliest known representative of the species Homo erectus, a direct ancestor and the first early human to be broadly similar to modern humans in anatomy and behavior. (Photo courtesy David Strait)
Science

Humans’ direct ancestor existed 100,000 to 200,000 years earlier than previously thought

Amit Malewar

Fossil humans are rare, representing only a very small percentage of all of the fossil mammals discovered at any given paleontological site. In short,...

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