Franklin senior Lucas Ackermann has come a long way in four years. Ackermann won the 100-yard breaststroke in 53.23 seconds ...

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The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

A protein called klotho is reshaping how scientists understand cognitive aging, offering the first clear molecular link ...

Researchers exploring a cave network in northern Saudi Arabia have made an unexpected find: seven naturally mummified ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.