A landmark study of nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia has found that natural selection acted on 479 gene variants over the past 10,000 years, far more than previously known. The findings ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA ...

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

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

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

Researchers at McMaster University have identified, for the first time, a novel region of DNA and two associated genes ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...