More than 400,000 years ago—long before the rise of the first agricultural civilizations or even the arrival of Homo sapiens ...

Study results advance understanding of how human cells evolved and could help point to new solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases.

Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...

Today’s AI hawks like Elon Musk and OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman are known for their efforts to evolve their current AI systems ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

This year "Jaws" celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its success reflects the enduring importance of our most ancient fear: ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Inspired by nature, scientists created a self-powered device that recognizes color just like our eyes, paving the way for ...

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) indicates a paradigm shift in military research and application, ...