Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

New research determined that the mysterious death of a ruler from the powerful Florentine Medici family was due to illness, ...

For a long time, the last Neanderthals in Europe were pictured as a genetically diverse bunch, scattered across the continent ...

For years, the common belief among scientists was that human evolution had basically slowed to a crawl once we invented ...

Scientists visually tracked an RNA intron jumping from a predator to its prey, revealing insights into gene transfer across ...

Researchers extracted DNA from animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic material ...

The author of Proto on migration and language change, the connections between East and West, and what the reconstructed Proto ...

Frances Arnold on directed enzyme evolution: random mutation plus smart screening, and why it changed enzyme engineering and ...

Explore the complex balance of risks and benefits in gene drives, a powerful tool in genetic engineering and disease control.

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and proteins replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At ...

Ancient DNA indicates that humans’ ability and willingness to eat insects may have depended strongly on geography.

SpudCell marks a milestone for synthetic biology, but it is not fully alive. It will, however, help scientists answer key ...