New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only a few dozen clear cases where natural selection appeared to strongly favor ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to increased knowledge about gene regulation in human cells. How genes are turned on ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are. A recent international study has shown that certain bits of ancient viral DNA, long dismissed ...

DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic code on and off, a new study has found. Nearly half of the human genome consists of segments called ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...