Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that reveal a previously unknown, long-isolated North African lineage. The ...

The X-Files Season 2 episode “Duane Barry” was based on the true story of Phineas Gage. Gage was a 19th-century railway worker who had a metal rod driven through his brain. He somehow survived, but it ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

According to sources close to the investigation, there are concerns that DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie's home may not yield a usable profile for comparison.

Many have speculated that humanity’s rapid rise in intelligence and culture might not have been entirely natural. The uplift hypothesis asks whether an advanced alien civilization could have nudged ...

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

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