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

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

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

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors ...

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesting a potential connection between Homo ...

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human ...

For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we know about ...

A new study looks at the process of DNA methylation, in which chemical tags known as methyl groups turn genes on and off and ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

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

You may have heard about the hantavirus that recently affected a cruise ship; passengers have only recently been allowed to ...