An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

Around 8 percent of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date back hundreds of thousands to ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...