Janelia scientists are learning how the brain switches between random and strategic modes. Many of the choices we make are informed by experiences we’ve had in the past. But occasionally we’re better ...

Phylogenies (phylogenetic trees and networks) allow biologists to study and graph evolutionary relationships between different species ... Continuous phylogenies and distance-based tree reconstruction ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found. The ...