In a nutshell All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through ...

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

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

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

The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

These findings challenge the long-held narrative about migration into and out of North Africa before and during the Neolithic ...

p53 enhances DNA repair and suppresses cytoplasmic chromatin fragments and inflammation in senescent cells - ...

New research illustrates how a DNA repair protein suppresses senescent cells, reducing age-associated chronic inflammation.

Mammalian genomes are organized by multi-level folding, yet how this organization contributes to cell type-specific transcription remain unclear. We uncovered that the nuclear protein SATB1 ...