DNA methylation plays an important role in separating us genetically from our closest relatives.

Natural selection has been playing a bigger role in changing modern human DNA than previously thought, according to a new study. geralt via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 Many people are familiar with ...

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Humans possess the genetic machinery that bears and bats use for hibernation, research has found. Is this the dawn of a new ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a key ...

The CHOP's research team findings support the hypothesis that rare AAV integration can contribute to human oncogenesis, which ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...