Consider the potential long-term effects on human evolution if our DNA suddenly stopped mutating.

A new study from Cambridge genetic researchers is unraveling everything we thought we knew about human evolution.

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range ...

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient ... Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 14, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

According to genomic analyses, the Takarkori rock shelter women came from a unique North African lineage that diverged from ...

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...