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

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital role in gene expression.

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural ...

The Skhul child fossil, about 140,000 years old, combines human-like and Neanderthal-like traits in the skull, jaw, and inner ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

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

An aging expert thinks humans can live for 20,000 years—and he might not be crazy. There's one major key to unlocking extreme ...

DNA testing confirms human remains found in Springfield creek belong to Joseph Frank Benton Sr., 68, who was on county's most ...

Human remains found in Knoxville in 2020 have been identified, the Knox County Regional Forensic Center said Tuesday. The ...