Genetic data strengthens the case that humans first settled Sahul around 60,000 years ago, using multiple seafaring routes.

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Geneticists have uncovered a faint but persistent signal in modern DNA that points to a vanished branch of humanity, a “ghost ...

Deep inside a handful of caves, scientists are pulling genetic secrets out of bones, teeth and even the surrounding dirt, and ...

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid for genetic testing in an apparent bid to harness his own genetic material for regenerative medicine – which is aimed at repairing the body by developing ...

To identify possible burn-injury response genes, researchers examined the transcriptomes (the genes expressed) in both burnt and unburnt skin from humans and rats. Examining the gene sequences, they ...

Learn how repeated burn injuries may have acted as a form of natural selection, influencing human genes linked to healing and ...

Influenza presents a global health challenge due to its rapidly changing RNA genome. These mutations can result in serious health and economic consequences | Health And Medicine ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

How big of a role do our genes play in our lifespan? Quite a bit more than previously thought, a new study suggests.

The findings, announced in a Jan. 22 press release, are the result of a study of 5,500-year-old human remains in Sabana de ...