Cody’s First Task
Where There's Smoke And A Mutation There May Be An Evolutionary Edge For Humans
A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and…
2016 | Patrick Allard, et al – Exposure to the BPA-Substitute Bisphenol S Causes Unique Alterations of Germline Function
ISG faculty, Patrick Allard, and two Human Biology & Society students, among others, have published…
Songbirds’ Epic Migrations Connected To A Small Cluster Of Genes
Scientists from the University of British Columbia have shown that there is a genetic basis…
Orangutan Gives Clues To The Origins Of Human Speech
An orangutan called Rocky could provide the key to understanding how speech in humans evolved…
Meet The First Farmers
Conducting the first large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from the Near East, an…
Researchers Discover Altruism is Favoured By Chance
Why do we feel good about giving to charity when there is no direct benefit…
This Species Of Brazilian Monkey Has Been Using Stones As Tools For 700 Years
Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you’re a monkey. Primates…
Genetics Of Type 2 Diabetes Revealed In Unprecedented Detail
A comprehensive investigation of the underlying genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes has unveiled the…
Robot Helps Study How First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
When early terrestrial animals began moving about on mud and sand 360 million years ago,…
Linguists Team Up With Primatologists to Crack the Meaning of Monkey Calls
It has long been known that monkeys convey information through alarm calls, but now a…
UW-Madison Zika Research in Monkeys Could Inform Outbreak in People
Monkeys infected with Zika virus are protected from future infection, and pregnancy dramatically prolongs infection…
2016 | Erik Gjesfjeld, Christopher Kelty, Michael Alfaro, et al – Competition and extinction explain the evolution of diversity in American automobiles
ISG postdoctoral fellow, Erik Gjesfjeld, and ISG faculty, Christopher Kelty and Michael Alfaro, have published…