Learn more about Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions (HAQERs), genetic regulatory regions that may have shaped language ...

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

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

A landmark genetic study has found that modern humans likely evolved from several interconnected populations across Africa ...

In a first-of-its-kind finding, researchers at University of Iowa Health Care discovered that specific genetic sequences have ...

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

Research into ancient DNA samples has discovered that those who carry genes for red hair also are have immune benefits — but ...

A wave of recent studies has identified conserved genetic programs across salamanders, zebrafish, mice, and humans that control tissue regeneration, including limb regrowth. Researchers have ...

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

While estimates of total pregnancy losses vary considerably, about 15% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many other conceptions do not survive past the very early stages of pregnancy. The ...