Genomic analysis of three Neanderthals shows unusually high modern human DNA on the X chromosome offering clues about ...

The course of human history has been marked by complex patterns of migration, isolation, and admixture, the latter a term that refers to gene flow between individuals from different populations.

Explore the groundbreaking research on elongated human skulls with Brien Foerster as he discusses DNA testing, unique genetic findings, and the fascinating history of the Baracus culture. Discover how ...

The hot debate over just how—and when—the human population in what is now Australia and New Guinea formed took a major step toward the “long chronology” camp with new research claiming that genetic ...

Learn how sex-biased interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans explains why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing from the X chromosome. When Neanderthals and modern humans met tens of ...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 –The Y chromosome retains a remarkable record of human ancestry, since it is passed directly from father to son. In an article published online today in Genome Research ...

At the turn of the century, the biomedical research community saw a landmark global effort, when scientists built a reference human genome sequence to better understand the genes underlying health and ...