Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Neanderthal DNA is not distributed evenly throughout the human genome. Scientists say the explanation may be mating behavior.

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. A new ...

A study shows that interbreeding between the two species occurred primarily in one direction, and the origin of this bias is ...

Structural nanomedicine — what helped give us the COVID vaccine — may now be the key to a potent blood cancer treatment that’s had remarkable early results.

A study published today in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, ...

A genetic analysis reveals that ancient pairings between humans and Neanderthals favored female humans mating with male Neanderthals, shedding light on their interactions.

A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...