How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over several generations, and they found that some parts of the human genome tend to ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Genetic tweaks changed how the hip bones of early humans developed, which allowed them to start walking upright on two legs, according to new research. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Two small ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say. One genetic change flipped the ilium — the bone your hands rest on when ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

The rise of gene editing forces regulators to confront a difficult question: How to protect fair play in the age of genomic medicine.

Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that human ancestors faced a catastrophic population collapse nearly 930,000 years ago, nearly driving the species to extinction. Researchers utilized modern DNA ...

Learn how cats and humans can share key cancer mutations — and why those similarities could guide future treatment research.