For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

ETH Zurich researchers have trained their quadruped robot ANYmal to pick up a ball and throw it across a field, demonstrating ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a ...

Liu compared evoCAST to eePASSIGE, another gene-editing technique developed in his lab that is designed to insert or substitute genes or gene-sized DNA segments in human cells.

A new study reveals that early human ancestors nearly went extinct between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago, with just 1,280 survivors enduring harsh conditions and influencing the genetic makeup of ...

In one of these populations, a “severe bottleneck” occurred, and the group shrank considerably before repopulating. The researchers believe this is when undesirable mutations are weeded out ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information. They constantly untangle ...

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which comprises roughly 2% of non-African modern human genomes, this earlier event contributed up to 20% of the genetic makeup found in all humans today. Decoding the past with ...

Beyond rewriting the story of human origins, this research highlights a broader trend in evolutionary science—the realization that species rarely evolve in isolated, distinct lineages.