As much as half of the human genome is composed of so-called "jumping genes." These DNA sequences can make copies of ...

Six bone fragments from Abauntz cave in Navarre belong to a 46,000-year-old male Neanderthal; DNA and radiocarbon dating ...

Archaeologists have recovered Neanderthal DNA from six hand-bone fragments found in Abauntz Cave, Navarre, in what ...

A gene variant called APOE4 is the biggest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are finally figuring out ...

Baylor Genetics, a leading diagnostic genomics partner offering a full spectrum of comprehensive genetic tests and diagnostic ...

University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human ...

The immortal jellyfish is capable of winding back its lifecycle to become young again. Scientists are unlocking its cellular secrets for new strategies to treat diseases of old age.

Humans walk upright, carry brains three times larger than those of our closest relatives, and possess slender, distinctly ...

The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region are offering evidence of both violence and compassion in the closest evolutionary cousins of our species.

A single DNA letter beside the gene MECP2 lowered its output by 30% in human neurons, and it may help explain autism in boys.

A large-scale study suggests that infants who exclusively receive breast milk for their first six months may show fewer ...

What Bruner calls “braking,” the Yale neuroscientist Amy Arnsten calls “regulation”—specifically, calcium regulation, which ...