Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

HERVs are genetic remnants of ancient viral infections that have integrated into the human genome. As they typically lie dormant until aging or disease cause them to reactivate, these targets are ...

Sinai Health researchers discovered that DNA elements known as transposons, which may roam around the genome, influence a ...

Bedbugs. Just mentioning the tiny, biting insects that live on human blood and infest mattresses, couches, and bedding ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with ...

A pair of studies analysed samples of modern human and Neanderthal DNA spanning ... About 2 per cent of the genetic blueprint, or genome, of non-African people living today came from Neanderthals.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society estimates that by year end, 2024 will have seen 187,740 Americans diagnosed with a blood ...

ABOVE: Scientists are exploring the relationship between the expression of ancient viral DNA and neurodegenerative disease ...

The study authors found the shark’s genome to be extraordinarily large, twice as long as a human’s and bigger than any other shark genome sequenced to date. The researchers are analyzing the ...