Neanderthal DNA study reveals surprising partner preference

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
Ancient Origins

Neanderthal Desire For Homo Sapiens Revealed in DNA

For years, geneticists have wrestled with a curious absence: many modern people carry Neanderthal DNA, yet large stretches of the human X chromosome are almost empty of it. A new study argues that ...

Your DNA Is Constantly Moving, and It Could Hold the Key to Cancer and Autism

Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.

Scientists sharpen genetic maps to help pinpoint DNA changes that influence human health traits and disease risk

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...
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Jumping DNA fragments found to destabilize cancer genome

A study published today in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
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Direct Genome-Scale Mapping of Endonuclease Activity of the Human LINE-1 ORF2p Endonuclease

Nabsys and the Research Lab of Dr. Martin Taylor, Brown University, Present Data Using the OhmX™ Platform at AGBT 2026 ...

What happened when humans and Neanderthals hooked up

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.