A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the ...

The coincidental emergence of lactase persistence mutations with livestock domestication was taken by many scientists at the ...

A stunning new genetic study is shaking up everything we thought we knew about Japan’s origins.

A professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious national honor recognizing his contributions to evolutionary genetics.

And It Could Help Future Medicine Scientists have just made a fascinating discovery about the roots of the Japanese people.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

The find itself dates to between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago. It was a time when Neanderthals roamed a still-cooling Europe.

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Understandably, this has generated a lot of “Jurassic Park”-like excitement, and the press coverage has been intense. One ...

New research has revealed an incredible discovery: modern humans carry 20% of their genetic material from a mysterious ...

Let’s explore the major traits I’ve noticed again and again. It’s no secret that if you’ve ever had to split a bedroom with one (or more) siblings, you learned early on how to give and take.