Neanderthal Men and Human Women Were Most Likely to Hook Up, Study Finds

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
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Herpes virus reshapes the human genome for its own benefit, but a single enzyme can stop it

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex ...
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Scientists Find Parts of the Human Genome That Influence Gut Microbes

The human gut microbiome can be affected bya variety of things including our diet or medications. But how do we influence it? | Genetics And Genomics ...

Direct Genome-Scale Mapping of Endonuclease Activity of the Human LINE-1 ORF2p Endonuclease

Nabsys 2.0, LLC (Nabsys), a pioneer in electronic genome mapping (EGM) technology, today announced new findings presented at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) 2026 meeting. The data ...