"This is the oldest genome of modern humans, and it represents a lineage that no longer exists." Experts have delivered a gripping insight, asserting that "We believe all human groups in Europe at ...

sapiens. So we can look for bits of Neanderthal DNA sequence in the genomes of modern humans. The genomes of all human ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

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

All human genetic diversity can be traced to recombination and de novo mutations, DNA sequences present in the child but not in the parents. The map shows that mutations are elevated near regions ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

The Human Genome Project has been finished—why is it important to look at the genomes of other species? Species inventory projects can reveal insights into biodiversity and utility for humans.

All the DNA in a human body would extend to Pluto ... the four base strands in DNA are responsible for the whole variety of life on Earth. Humans, bacteria and mammoths have the same DNA system.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth ... Almost all leaf beetles have incorporated foreign genetic material into their genome ...