We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Stay up to date on the work of researchers in NYU Langone’s Center for Human Genetics and Genomics by reading the latest news ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help ...

Technically known as a "bottleneck", this genetic loss is frequently the consequence of a reduction in the number of individuals of a population. The ancient DNA data indicate that the decline in ...

A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, ...

A new study from Oxford Population Health has revealed that lifestyle choices and environmental factors have a much bigger ...

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) welcomed six new directors, including a new president-elect, to ...