Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

Long before modern humans ruled the Earth, the Denisovans thrived in caves and mountains, leaving behind only fragments of bone — and their DNA inside us. New discoveries are finally revealing who ...

Last month, in a tiny room in Manchester, UK, a niche group of biology scientists gathered to discuss if they needed to restrict research in an emerging technology that might affect humans and ...

Although the age of Schöningen site is debated, this DNA sample is one of (if not the) oldest ever recovered from an open-air excavation site.

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

Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts ...

Molecular biologist Dr. Max Rempel claims to have found strands of alien genes that he says may have been "inserted" into ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

Visualizing and quantifying DNA replication dynamics in living human cells remains challenging. Here, a new super-resolution ...