Ancient DNA Puts a Face on the Mysterious Denisovans, Extinct Cousins of Neanderthals
Until now, even scientists could only guess at the features of the extinct Denisovans, who once thrived across Asia.
Science
Topics: Epigenetics Genes Human Evolution Neanderthals
The Explosive Science of Epigenetics
The health choices you make today could affect the expression of your kids’ (and grandkids’) DNA — and maybe their risk for disease.
Elemental, Medium
Topics: Animal Studies Epigenetics Genes
Parents’ Emotional Trauma May Change Their Children’s Biology. Studies In Mice Show How
Researchers are studying mice to pin down just how trauma might affect an individual’s biological legacy.
Parents’ ‘Memory’ of Environmental Stress Inherited Across Generations
While actual memories aren’t passed along to offspring, new research suggests the genetic effects of environmental stressors experienced by parents can be inherited across generations.
UPI
Topics: Epigenetics
Wings May All Be Universal. Smarts, Not So Much
Many astrobiologists believe life gets going easily on Earthlike planets and so will be widespread in the universe. It is then possible that some of those planets might have evolved intelligent beings.
Cosmos
Topics: Epigenetics Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life Intelligence
Can We Really Inherit Trauma?
Headlines suggest that the genetic marks of trauma can be passed from one generation to the next. But the evidence, at least in humans, is circumstantial at best.
The New York Times
Topics: Epigenetics Genes
Inherited Trauma Shapes Your Health
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’ — and even grandparents’ — experiences might affect our DNA.
The Atlantic
Topics: Epigenetics Genes Longevity
Epigenetics and Evolution
An interview with Michael Skinner, founder and director of the Washington State University and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology.
Your Own Health And Fitness, KPFA
Beyond Epigenetics
A pair of evolutionary biologists takes a closer look at nongenetic inheritance.
Topics: Epigenetics Human Evolution Kevin Laland
Can a Parent’s Life Experience Change the Genes a Child Inherits?
Inside the controversial world of epigenetics research.
Evolution Unleashed
Is evolutionary science due for a major overhaul — or is talk of ‘revolution’ misguided?
Aeon
Topics: Animal Studies Cultural Evolution Epigenetics Evolutionary Mechanisms Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Genes Kevin Laland Social Learning
Uncertain Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Poisoning of Michigan
In 1973, a toxic chemical was mixed into tons of farm feed, sickening livestock and exposing millions of Michiganders. Should later generations worry?
Undark
Topics: Bioethics Epigenetics
Scientists, Theologians Ponder If Latest Biological Findings Are More Compatible With Religion
Exciting progress in biology in recent decades may be building up a third new phase in the scientific explanation of life, according to thinkers gathered at a University of Oxford conference.
Religion News Service
Topics: Epigenetics Science & Religion Dialogue
Finding the Actions That Alter Evolution
The biologist Marcus Feldman creates mathematical models that reveal how cultural traditions can affect the evolution of a species.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Epigenetics Evolutionary Theory
Shifting the Genetic Paradigm with Epigenetics
Michael Skinner hopes his research will lead to medical tests that could determine which environmental factors our ancestors might have been exposed to.
AAAS
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