evolutionary

A recent study found that small evolutionary mutations in cGAS -- an enzyme in the innate immune system that detects DNA and triggers immune defenses -- could make these animals better at repairing age-related genetic damage.

He has tended to accept the premises of evolutionary psychology in ways that religious people typically do not.

Faced with this evidence, Muotri and his team began to question how modern humans managed to thrive despite such toxic conditions during their evolutionary past.

This unusual lack of denticles led scientists to question what became of them -- and whether the teeth on the tenaculum might represent their evolutionary remnants.

The fossil reveals a remarkable evolutionary feature: a structure that likely helped the insect attach securely to rocks.