A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Scientists are celebrating DNA Day, marking the completion of the human genome project in 2003. The project successfully ...

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

Research of the human genome has revealed an odd hidden code in our DNA. Ancient Astronaut Theorists believe this could be evidence of alien manipulation, in this scene from Season 13, "The Artificial ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

A new analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests some immune gene variants that spread over the past 10,000 years may have reduced, rather than increased, allergy risk. The findings challenge the ...

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

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier than some recent theories suggested. By tracing maternal DNA lineages, the ...

A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...