A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

Two renowned prehistoric individuals were likely infected with a human papillomavirus that has been linked to several cancers ...

Human pain, it turns out, is not just a product of modern stress or injury, but a legacy written deep into our DNA. New ...

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Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

What if a single Renaissance drawing could reveal not just who made it, but the biological traces of Leonardo da Vinci ...

Scientists have successfully extracted the DNA of ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. This is ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Osaka in Japan studied health and dental records of 190,282 adults aged 75 and ...

It was a murder that sent shockwaves through the community. "Because these things don't happen in Emmaus," said Emmaus resident Denise Tempest. 27 year old Barbara Solt, a beloved coach strangled, ...

Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago ...