For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.

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 ...

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

An international genomics study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration.

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought ...

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, ...

A large-scale genomic study of over 1,500 individuals from 139 underrepresented Indigenous groups across northern Eurasia and the Americas sheds new light on the ancient migrations that shaped the ...

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 ...