Ancient genomes from northwest Europe show that farming, foraging, migration, and marriage shaped prehistory in ways far more ...

Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...

Fig. 1 | Map of the study area. A. Locations of the Chincha Valley and other Andean sites referenced in this study that yielded ancient DNA data. B. The archaeological sites under investigation for ...

Evolutionary biologists are uncovering genomic mechanisms that allow populations to adapt quickly to different, hyperlocal ...

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and ...

The answer of whether humans are more closely related to cats or dogs depends on how you look at the question.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), affecting an estimated 6–8 million people worldwide, may soon be monitored with a simple stool test instead of invasive procedures. Researchers have demonstrated that ...

A new bipartisan bill could end the import of primates for U.S. research, targeting the roughly 20,000 monkeys brought into the country each year for laboratories or their suppliers. Sponsored by U.S.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new imaging method, known as RF-SIRF, that quantitatively detects and maps reversed DNA replication forks with ...

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be ...