Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, ...

Using a new method of modeling genetic data, researchers identified a split in human ancestry dating back 1.5 million years. The two populations later reconnected. The mystery population (Population B ...

The “warm” data in the middle, such as your old photos, can take a few seconds to retrieve. Most data is cold, and a lot of ...

Believers like Garry Tan are flipping the script in the venture capital world, making faith matter just as much as the ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Marco Marra spent five years earning his PhD by studying DNA fragments of roundworms, fascinated by the notion that ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

After serving as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for more than 15 years, Eric Green, M.D ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.