Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but ...

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...