For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Deep in the rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia, three Indigenous communities known collectively as the Orang Asli have lived ...

For decades, the “classical view” of genetics has hewn closely to the original work of Austro-Hungarian biologist Gregor ...

In a new study published in Genes & Development, research led by Dr. Lila Allou at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences ...

Scientists previously thought only a handful of genes showed signs of selection in recent human evolution, but previous ...

A groundbreaking study in genetics education examines the relationship between the quality of genetics education and the ...

A study in Nature found a specific genetic variant that may boost the effectiveness of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter selectively bred Japanese quails for a new study. The post Birds who use more ...

The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they'll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you've spent time in New York, ...

What is the human exposome? A massive study quantifying 115,000 associations shows that cumulative environmental exposures rival genetics in predicting disease.

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a ...

Two complementary genome-wide association studies provide new insights into how host genetics influence the human gut microbiome, identifying multiple reproducible genetic loci associated with ...