What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

Despite what our ego might lead us to think, humans are still a work in progress. We’re constantly adapting to our ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on new mutations and exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the generation of sex cells, in a process called recombination. Recombination manifests ...

Some Neandertal DNA variants are implicated in increased ... with traits that may have been adaptive during more recent human brain evolution—enhanced visuospatial processing, high intelligence ...

For years, scientists have known that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred, leaving behind genetic traces that still ...

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient ... Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

Our findings link DNA sequence information with its functional ... understanding of biological phenomena, including human diseases and evolution," said Dr. Inoue. This study also contributes ...