Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

The time frame in which Neandertals and Homo sapiens heavily intermingled just got a little clearer. DNA analyses of ancient and modern H. sapiens reveal that Neandertals spread their genes to humans ...

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence model that can identify which mutations in human proteins are most likely ...

The newly uncovered gene variants were identified as part of an analysis of the DNA of more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who agreed to participate in the All of Us Research Program. When you ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species ...

Most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries—a long-standing bias that may limit the accuracy of scientific predictions for people from other populations.

Almost 1,500 genes have been implicated in intellectual disabilities; yet for most people with such disabilities, genetic causes remain unknown. Perhaps this is in part because geneticists have been ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right ...