Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily ...
By far the oldest evidence of humans living in dense forests comes from a site in Ivory Coast, where stone tools and plant remains reveal a human presence stretching back 150,000 years ...
New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights ...
"Flies have the same neurotransmitters we do," Sousa Neves said. "The ability to make decisions is not just a privilege of humans." Such connections between fruit flies and humans offer a reminder of ...
Tiny, cold-blooded animals like flies depend on their environment to regulate body temperature, making them ideal "canaries ...
Scientists have long known that sleep, memory and learning are deeply connected. Most animals, from flies to humans, experience memory problems when they are sleep-deprived, because sleep is critical ...
Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common. It is all the more astonishing that roughly 60 percent of the fly's genes can also be found in humans in a similar form. Many insights gained ...