Our ancestors were not a picky bunch. Overwhelming genetic evidence shows that Homo sapiens had sex with Neander­thals, Denisovans and other archaic relatives. Now researchers are using large genomics ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

The 1950s are widely recognized as one of the most important decades in biology. This is, in large part, due to the discovery of the structure of DNA and the launch of the field of molecular biology.

Mom and dad’s lifestyle may leave less of a mark on future generations than scientists have suspected. In the first weeks after conception, some of the cells in human embryos get their genetic ...