For generations, the story of human origins has been a complex tapestry, pieced together from fossil records and genetic clues. Now, groundbreaking scientific research has revealed a remarkable twist: ...

On the calm waters of Lagoon Valley Park’s pond, Mathias Langlotz paddles his canoe beneath the California sun — sometimes ...

PKD is a genetic disorder marked by kidney cysts and progressive damage. Discover the science, treatment guidelines, and ...

Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability ...

That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America,” said geneticist ...

A new study claims the Israelites were not indigenous to Canaan but descended from the ancient European Steppes.

This manuscript introduces a useful protein-stability-based fitness model for simulating protein evolution and unifying non-neutral models of molecular evolution with phylogenetic models. The model is ...

but that parts of it would occasionally branch off and then later merge back together, we get a much better match with the genetic variation found in human populations today,” says population ...

Population genomics refers to the large-scale study of genetic variation both within and between populations of organisms, such as humans. “Population genomics, in its simplest form, requires genetic ...

Using population genetic approaches, we can compare the observed distribution ... This is further supported from the two samples showing relatively short branch lengths in the population phylogeny ...

Mosquitoes looking to mate in Australia are about to have the worst sex of their lives – thanks to genetic modifications turning their semen toxic. That's part of a new mosquito population ...

These early modern humans were part of a pioneer population that eventually disappeared, making them a “lost branch” of the human family tree ... they eventually disappeared from the archaeological ...