In the second half, a shift in focus takes place, and the southern Indian languages are inquired into. The cultural history ...

A variant of genetic code—which may be a single position or thousands—that differs between individuals is called an allele. In general, human populations share most of the same genetic ...

Population genetics is the study of the genetic composition of populations, including distributions and changes in genotype and phenotype frequency in response to the processes of natural ...

Human healthy aging and longevity are complex phenomena influenced by a dynamic interplay of genetic, epigenetic, metabolic, ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

It’s astonishing how much we’ve discovered about these languages that have gone unspoken and unheard for millennia. In the ...

Cancer took just about everyone in journalist Larry Ingrassia’s family, except him. His book unpacks his family’s ...

United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a massive testing and research effort to identify the ...

As thousands of Chinese families take DNA tests, the results are upending what adoptees abroad thought they knew about their ...

Experts recreate the 'Longest Route of Africa', which led to the earliest known human settlement in South America ...