From iconic historical figures to Hollywood stars - blue eyes have always been 'in'. Yet, few will have guessed they ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Humans are now known to have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes, but researchers still have much to learn about these small ...

This new tool, known as minimal, versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT), combines the powers of gene editing, ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Scientists reveal new insights into the hidden processes driving human genetic variation with the first complete human DNA ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

At the heart of Titans' design is a concerted effort to more closely emulate the functioning of the human brain.

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.

New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made ...