New research offers insight into the evolutionary history of amylase genes, which are key to our ability to eat and digest starchy food. A study found that human ancestors started carrying multiple ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you’ve ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry multiple copies of a gene that allows us to begin breaking ...

When humans domesticated grains some 12,000 years ago, natural selection began to favor genomes with extra genes encoding for the enzyme amylase, which converts starch to sugar. These extra genes ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry multiple copies of a gene that allows us to begin breaking down complex ...

A new study published on Thursday determined that humanity’s modern-day adoration for carbs may actually predate even the emergence of the Neanderthals. It has been assumed that the earliest humans ...

A graphiical representation of the amylase gene locus and how it evolved to influence how humans digest complex carbohydrates like bread and pasta. If you’ve ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ...