The long-distance regulation of genes is older than previous studies suggest, and is seen in ctenophores, or comb jellies, including the ‘sea walnut’ (Mnemiopsis leidyi) pictured above. (Image Credit: ...

They have essentially left the management of their interests in the nations that make up the Melanesian and Polynesian spheres to Australia and New Zealand. Engagement with the region during the ...

An ancient jawbone discovered here belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of ...

New Insights Into the Denisovans: New Hominin Group That Interbred With Modern Day Humans Nov. 8, 2024 — Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the ...

May 6, 2025 — Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago, according to a ...

Peter To Rot was born in 1912 in Rakunai, a village on the Melanesian island of New Britain, today an eastern province of the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. Due to the lack of ...

Around 400 Fijians of Melanesian descent have met in Nabunikadamu Village in Bua for the first Vualiku Melanesian Council meeting. President Jimi Suliasi says the two-day event was the first of ...

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The researchers also examined JEWEL for genes inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans, two groups of archaic humans that interbred with Homo sapiens. “We are interested in why ancient genomes are ...

A new study finds that the rise of the eukaryotic cell was an algorithmic phase transition, where gene complexity increased via non-coding sequences, breaking the prior link between gene and protein ...