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

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

FILE: Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany, March 2009 ...

Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — meaning women moved to join the man’s family — while human society was the ...

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

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

New study shows how extracting whole genomes from ancient material opens the door for new research questions and breathes new life into old samples. Erin Malsbury Sequencing entire genomes from ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient’s cells. However, most genetic disorders are caused by dozens or even thousands of ...