Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived ...

New breakthroughs in microbial analysis could enhance disease prediction, environmental protection and our understanding of the planet’s smallest life forms.

In genetics, scientists must analyze the genomes of millions, if not billions, of people, each carrying millions of variants. It’s an unfathomable amount of data. Which leads us to another central ...

A study published in the journal Science on Friday revealed that a reanalysis of an ancient human skull fossil, unearthed in Hubei province and dating back more than 1 million years, may rewrite the ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the ...

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the ...

The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the ...

Circoviruses are small viruses in the Circoviridae family that associate with a wide spectrum of disease from asymptomatic to lethal in different animal. In the current study, a novel swine-origin ...