A comprehensive analysis of 173,303 genomes from Pakistan, published today in Nature, is upending how scientists understand ...

“Before the last glacial period, Neanderthals had diverse maternal lineages. As ice sheets advanced and habitable territory shrank, survivors appear to have concentrated in a climate refugium in ...

Genes account for roughly 50 percent of hoarding risk among women, while the shared family environment contributes little.

A hidden population of South African leopards has revealed a remarkable evolutionary story. Researchers analyzing entire ...

Specialists in skin and metabolic syndrome disorders have corrected the notion that vitiligo is caused by witchcraft, ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, ...

A late Neanderthal group in Belgium and France stayed genetically healthy, with no inbreeding signs, just before vanishing.

A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not ...

The extraordinarily beautiful scene captured in this Instagram post is also a superb example of genetic morphs or how diet ...

A massive 10-year population study reveals that neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is linked to an increased risk of specific cancers.

Did a major epidemic of plague trigger a prolonged collapse in Europe's population in late Neolithic times—from around 5,600 ...