Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or ...

The Theopetra Cave in central Greece housed a stone wall, which could be the oldest surviving structure ever found, that was ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Modern humans descended from ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion. Researchers discovered that it actively reshapes the 3D structure of the human ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

What naked mole-rats lack in the looks department they make up for it in longevity, living healthily for nearly four decades.

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DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...