In a recent study published in Science, researchers demonstrated how transketolase-like 1 (TKTL1) gene expression influenced neocortical neurogenesis in modern humans. Study: Human TKTL1 implies ...

When modern humans met Neanderthals in Europe and the two species began interbreeding many thousands of years ago, the exchange left humans with gene variations that have increased the ability of ...

Scientists have identified a gene that may have played a role in the emergence of spoken language in modern humans, or Homo sapiens. The gene, called NOVA1, carries instructions for a protein that ...

Researchers have connected the propensity for certain neurological disorders in modern humans to a gene we inherited from ancient Denisovans. The gene may have also helped ancient humans better ...