For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

Scientists have discovered that cannabis use may cause lasting changes in the epigenome, affecting gene expression in adults.

A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, ...

MailOnline has asked leading paleoanthropologists to reveal what the hybrid children of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals would ...

In a stunning new study, geneticists in Japan have revealed how injecting a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal gene into mice has led to profound changes in their skeletal structure. This experiment, ...

Raymond Jaravaza, Sunday News Reporter AFTER scooping the grand prize of Presidential Best Innovator and the Best Innovative ...

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code ...

A groundbreaking new documentary series titled Human is set to bring the ancient past of our evolutionary relatives to life ...

Genes flow through generations without blending. Even if a white plant's color is overpowered by a purple partner, that gene still exists and can pop up in the future.

Discover how archaeologists used geometric analysis of ancient grape seeds to track Italy’s 7,000-year journey from wild ...

In the Ox Mountains, it is usually the sight of well-trained sheepdogs that garners our admiration, as they scoot among a flock of mountain ewes, controlling and collecting in a way that only a ...