Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the ...

High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very ...

Most pet dogs carry a little wolf inside them; tiny snippets of wolf DNA that slipped into dog genomes after domestication. A ...

A large-scale genomic investigation has identified new genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and revealed substantial overlap with pathways that also predispose individuals to ...

A test using genetics to predict who is at the highest risk of developing type 1 diabetes could one day be applied to ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

Researchers say daily calorie intake may be up to 10 times more influential than physical activity in weight gain.

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage ...

Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...