The differences between people’s personalities can be broken down in terms of five major traits—often called the “Big Five.” Each one reflects a key part of how a person thinks ...

After years in human resources, I noticed several traits that make for the best employees — the ones the company will do anything to keep, even in a downturn. When decisions are made about who ...

In other words, if you list all the traits of a living species ... as speech is a uniquely human trait). Thus, understanding the evolutionary history of living species amounts to understanding ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the Lapedo child’s curious blend of human and Neanderthal traits. The skeleton had mostly human-like features, but it also had the body proportions, jawbone and ...

Without venomous stings, sharp claws, or imposing horns, humans have instead developed unique traits such as opposable thumbs, a large brain, and — possibly most crucially — the ability to ...

Many human diseases are multigenic, meaning they result from mutations in multiple genes. How are the complex traits of these diseases identified and treated? Of course, these patterns of gene ...