New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

Multiple groundbreaking studies are reshaping our understanding of evolution, revealing rapid genetic changes in humans and plants over recent millennia. Research on Indigenous Americans uncovered ...

The whole world could soon be seeing red. Instead of being the punchline, redheads will have the last laugh, as a new study ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

Professor Indraneel Mittra and his team show that DNA fragments from dying cells function as agents of horizontal gene transfer in mammalian cells. For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can ...

A system once tied to DNA organization in cyanobacteria has evolved into a structure that shapes the cell itself. This shift ...