Some thoughts on going to the Galápagos

Do the portions of our genomes that set us apart from other animals hold the secret to human evolution?

Meet some of the people featured in the August 2016 issue of The Scientist.

A remaining challenge in the study of human accelerated regions (HARs) is establishing their specific functions during development and other biological processes.

Fast-evolving regions of the human genome differentiate our species from all other mammals.