A new study has uncovered a genetic cause that may explain why some people develop Kaposi sarcoma despite having no apparent ...

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

A new study identifies PTCHD1-AS as a key non-coding gene that shapes social and repetitive behaviors in autism without affecting cognition.

A long‑overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

Diabetes is the most common and serious chronic disease worldwide, characterized by insufficient insulin to maintain proper ...

Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that ethnicity and geography may influence human molecular ...

Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] For decades, the iconic Peking Man and his East Asian relatives have stood as silent witnesses to human evolution, their genetic secrets lock ...

Chinese scientists obtain the first molecular evidence of interbreeding between our ancestor ‘Homo erectus’ and the ...

Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains, Siberia is where the first evidence of Denisovans was found. (rusak/iStock/Getty Images ...

More than 40 years of scholarly life have accustomed 64-year-old Chinese archaeologist Li Zhanyang to documenting his career ...

MOMENTS after the five-second countdown ended, Brian Unthank recalls a white flash so bright that he could see the bones, ...

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