Humans may be just as vulnerable to environmental change as other animals, according to our new research analysing genetic data from more than a thousand people who lived across Europe and Asia over ...

Space Adventures, Inc. and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine announced today that human health and performance research will be a part of ...

Study reveals how specific mutations in the H5N1 virus enhance its ability to bind human receptors, underscoring the need for ongoing surveillance of emerging strains. Study: A single mutation in ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of human evolution. The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

This study was led by Dr Xin Zhou, Prof. Sybren de Hoog (Radboud UMC Center of Expertise for Mycology, Netherlands), and Prof. Peiying Feng (Sun Yat-Sen University, China). Through comparative genomic ...

Penn State provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Australian National University and Adelaide University provide funding as members of The Conversation AU. Humans may be just ...