Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

A landmark Nature study led by Harvard scientists has mapped genetic changes in human populations over the past 10,000 years, revealing hundreds of DNA variants shaped by natural selection. The ...

A landmark DNA study rewrites human history in South America, showing at least three distinct ancestries shaped the region's ...

Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Researchers at McMaster University have identified, for the first time, a novel region of DNA and two associated genes ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...