The science of genetics offers a window into understanding what makes each of us unique, highlighting the incredible variability within the human species. In exploring these 11 genetic traits ...

A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper ...

A genetics company claims it has revived the long-extinct dire wolf by editing ancient genetics into modern animals.

For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and descended from a single ...

A Texas-based genetics company says the long-extinct dire wolf is back. Some critics say that's not quite true.

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

Scientists took blood cells from a living gray wolf and used CRISPR to genetically modify the DNA with dire wolf traits.

Hair genetics can come from either parent, and multiple genes can determine hair traits, such as color, texture, and growth. Genes can also affect hair loss. Although it can run in families ...

Music holds a tremendous amount of meaning and significance, and is a central part of human culture and expression. People ...