A groundbreaking DNA study reveals how genetic mutations pass through generations, offering new insights into disease and ...

Over recent decades, humanity has witnessed a remarkable and continuous increase in lifespan. However, this advancement has ...

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

The genome database will open up the possibility of personalised medicine, and faster and efficient diagnostics. It will also ...

A passerby found a human fetus discarded on a Brooklyn street in a disturbing Thursday discovery, cops and sources said. A 48-year-old woman was walking on Union Street near Schenectady Avenue in ...

It has been suggested that the dilemma may have been alleviated through evolution, with humans giving ... To study the genetic basis of the human pelvis, Liaoyi Xu and colleagues used full-body ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks talks to The Conversation Weekly about AI’s potential to influence our evolution.