Experts believe technology may soon allow humans to slow or even reverse aging, with companies racing to make immortality a ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Horses have played a critical role in shaping human society, but scientists are still piecing together the story of their domestication. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Roughly 4,500 years ago, ...

Around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens faced near extinction due to the Toba supervolcano eruption, which triggered a volcanic ...

Scientists around the world are racing to bring back extinct species — from the woolly mammoth to the dodo — using the power ...

Is it okay to genetically engineer wild plants and animals? The International Union for Conservation of Nature voted in favor ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...