Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans ...

Denisovan-derived DNA shaped Indigenous American ancestry, helping early peoples adapt to new environments, foods, and ...

A new study finds the first Americans had Denisovan DNA, offering clues about ancient immunity and genetic adaptation.

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...

A new study shows that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a vital role in protecting the developing brain from harmful ...

A new Swedish national study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry notes that a mother's genes can influence her ...

A new study focused on multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer, may lead to better ways to group patients by ...

Tropical rainforests still represent a treasure trove of undiscovered species. While many species of plants, animals, and ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have played a pivotal role in an international study that has uncovered a ...