Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

It is a genetic condition caused when an unusual cell division result in an extra full or even partial copy of chromosome 21.

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

Dr Sushil Sharma, Dr Ravinder K Gupta Downsyndrome, that affects approximately 1 in 700 live births globally, is not just a ...

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with seizures.

This isn't like some low-gravity version of "The Terminal," in which travelers are stuck in limbo due to some administrative ...

Fructose availability promotes bacterial colonization in the human gut via regulation of the ... factor FruR and its interactions with fructose-1-phosphate and HPr2(Ser-P). Nursing homes are ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...