The chimpanzee genome sequence is a long-awaited milestone, providing opportunities to
explore primate evolution and genetic contributions to human physiology and disease …

What makes us human? Specialists in each discipline respond through the lens of their own
expertise. In fact,'anthropogeny'(explaining the origin of humans) requires a transdisciplinary …

Processing food extensively by thermal and nonthermal techniques is a unique and
universal human practice. Food processing increases palatability and edibility and has been …

Pseudogenization is a widespread phenomenon in genome evolution, and it has been
proposed to serve as an engine of evolutionary change, especially during human origins …

The origination of new genes contributes to phenotypic evolution in humans. Two major
challenges in the study of new genes are the inference of gene ages and annotation of their …

There is a high incidence of metabolic syndrome among patients with primary aldosteronism
(PA), which has recently been associated with an unfavorable cardiometabolic profile …

Human evolution is characterized by a rapid increase in brain size and complexity. Decades
of research have made important strides in identifying anatomical and physiological …

This review broadly summarizes how molecular biology has contributed to our
understanding of human evolution. Molecular anthropology began in the 1960s with …

The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional
wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's" Mind over …

Specific interactions among biomolecules drive virtually all cellular functions and underlie
phenotypic complexity and diversity. Biomolecules are not isolated particles, but are …