A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

Scientists with the Synthetic Human Genome Project are trying to create artificial human DNA from scratch, leading to numerous ethical concerns. While the ...

The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...

The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ensure it remains ...

New research has found that a skull from a mysterious human relative nicknamed “Dragon Man” belongs to an extinct archaic ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively ...

It seems that every few weeks a new study expands our understanding of how Neandertal DNA affects modern human health and physiology. Researchers have found that some Neandertal DNA makes carriers ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...