Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

For centuries, the Nephilim have existed at the edge of belief, somewhere between myth, scripture, and whispered conspiracy.

Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

Human DNA was found on the paws of one of the lions that was killed after authorities searched for the animals involved in ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature.

"Those two lions -- they are of a family group, a male and female sub-adult lion. The male was found to have human DNA on all ...