When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

FILE: Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany, March 2009 ...

While analyzing livestock DNA from Arkaim, an international team that includes University of Arkansas archaeologist Taylor Hermes detected Yersinia pestis in ...

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

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why.

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

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

Loss of the Y chromosome in aging men is widespread and increasingly linked to serious diseases, challenging assumptions that ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.