Lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring Utah schools to show students videos of fertilization and development of a fetus ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

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

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the vast expanses ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

A team of researchers led by Nvidia has released DreamDojo, a new AI system designed to teach robots how to interact with the physical world by watching tens of thousands of hours of human video — a ...

Scientists have been constantly making efforts to colonise the Moon and Mars, but the rapid advancement comes with a crucial question: can humans safely reproduce in space? A new study attempted to ...

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