Life is the rarest thing in the universe. When inorganic molecules come together in the right proportions and circumstances, ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Researchers are now exploring how different types of repetitive DNA create genome instability and structurally variant chromosomes.

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected long ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Researchers have identified evolutionary hotspots in DNA where mutations are more likely. The study authors say these findings will help us in the future to predict the evolution of bacteria and ...