New research traces the genetic underpinnings of the enzyme amylase, which helps humans digest starches and sugars ...

Study co-led by UB finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

New research examines how early humans evolved to eat carbohydrates by studying the duplication of a certain gene that helped ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.

8, 2024 — There are nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States, contributing to pollination in agricultural, urban and natural landscapes. Honey bees, however, are not native to the U ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame.It has long been known that humans carry multiple copies of a gene ...

White storks have been closely linked to human settlements for centuries. This connection began in southern and western ...

Analyzing the genomes of 68 ancient humans, including a 45,000-year-old sample from Siberia, the researchers found that ...

Tony Brown, Dan Fallu, and the TerrACE Team, highlight agricultural terraces in Europe, providing geoarchaeological and ...

Until a few years ago, lychee farmers in KP’s Haripur district were earning Pakistan hefty foreign exchange from export of ...

Seruiratu states that improved infrastructure including cold storage is key to boosting productivity and ensuring that Fiji’s ...