Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) report that the ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement ...

Mutations in ZRSR2 have been linked with disease progression in patients with JAK2 V617R – driven myeloproliferative ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay.

Some genetic disorders-such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease-involve many mutations in a person's genome, often with enough variation that even two individuals who share the same ...