Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in ...

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of Africa, rather than from a single birthplace. Until now, however, most ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many populations have historically been underrepresented on the human genomic map.

Despite Nevada’s prison population dropping over the last six years, the death rate is moving in the wrong direction.

As night falls over the ancient walled city of Harar, something unusual happens just beyond the gates. One by one, wild ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal Medicaid ...

Museveni’s careful diplomatic balancing act on the global scene has, in the past few years, been complicated by the man ...

Important uses for genealogy fall into two broad categories — ethnicity and relationships among individuals. Over the next ...

We all know that ultra-processed foods are bad for us, but what ingredients should we particularly try to avoid? And what are ...

A cruise ship with over 140 passengers on board, including more than a dozen Americans, is being evacuated after a hantavirus ...