Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

Fossils dating back 773,000 years from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco shed new light on the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans. An international team of researchers has ...

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum.

Columnist Michael Le Page delves into a catalogue of hundreds of potentially beneficial gene mutations and variants that is ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Coral reefs make up less than 1% of ocean habitat but are home to at least 25% of marine species. These incredibly biodiverse ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to ...