Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Though some might be surprised to see Neanderthal DNA in their ancestry test results, people of non-African descent derive 1 ...

University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor’s Study Provides a New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding with ...

DNA’s iconic double helix has long been the symbol of life’s blueprint. However, the human genome conceals far more ...

The legacy of our ancient human relatives, "brain-eating-amoeba" infections, emerging viral threats, the promise and peril of ...

A collaborative effort by experts from, Genentech, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative aims to leverage artificial ...

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

In a suspected case of 'human sacrifice', a man allegedly killed his grandmother and offered her blood on a 'shivling' before he tried to end his life in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, police said ...

The research offers an updated genome analysis of the common bedbug Cimex lectularius ... "We now have an important additional tool for studying patterns of human-associated evolution and adaption for ...

To combat the influenza virus, researchers are investigating ways to destabilize its genome, composed of eight RNA molecules. However, each RNA segment is bound to a complex assembly of proteins that ...