Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
As an increasingly complex picture of schizophrenia emerges, researchers are recognizing that a more individualized and humane approach is needed to better understand and treat the condition.
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
Genetics
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Is Violence Embedded in Our DNA?
Some research suggests that throughout our evolution an innate tendency toward fighting shaped human anatomy. But anthropologists are sharply divided on the matter.
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What Role Did Autism Play in Human Evolution?
Traits we often tend to disparage were—and arguably still are—critical to human communities.
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The Ethical Battle Over Ancient DNA
Researchers who study the DNA of ancient Native Americans have been learning how to collaborate with American Indian tribes instead of fighting them over ancestral human remains. But a recent case suggests still more sensitivity is needed.
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Rice Reveals African Slaves’ Agricultural Heritage
Did slaves contribute more than solely their labor to the success of rice plantations in the New World? In pursuit of the answer, one researcher is extracting little bits of memoir trapped inside rice grains.
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Climate Swings Drove Early Humans Out of Africa (and Back Again)
A new study details how climate change directed early modern humans’ intricate dance among continents and pushes back their dispersal out of Africa to at least 100,000 years ago.