A massive study finds that regional differences in how slaves were treated throughout the Americas are reflected in the DNA of present-day Americans of African descent.

The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.

Unlike other populations living at high altitude, Andeans didn’t rely on hypoxia-related genes.

He was known for his work on the gene-culture theory of human evolution and the Human Genome Diversity Project.

The variation may help explain why stocked salmon don’t fare as well in the ocean.

Researchers have determined that a diminutive insect out-flies all other winged migrators by traveling thousands of miles between continents and across oceans yearly.

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Researchers find that the people of northern Spain and southern France are an amalgam of early Iberian farmers and local hunters.

Genetic analysis reveals the history of the earliest human migrations in the region.