An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...

In the human version, the "language gene" has one amino acid change. However, scientists have introduced the human speech ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that ... Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from ...

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an ... Major Cause of Inflammatory ...

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...