By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Three mutually reinforcing mutations, M42, M94 and M139 (two transversions and a 1-bp deletion), distinguish haplogroup I ... implies that modern extant human Y chromosomes trace ancestry to ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

The primary objective for sampling human remains is to add accurate ... most likely Sulawesi, she said. The Y-DNA haplogroups O and M are common in western Indonesia and Melanesia today, she ...

A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

It could be a major reason why females tend to have longer lifespans. | Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images The Y chromosome can disappear over time in human males, which may ...

Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

Height is one of the most evident sex-based differences observed in humans, as men are on an average 13 cm (5 inches) taller ...

A new study provides new insight into height differences between adult men and women, demonstrating that Y chromosome genes contribute more to height than their X chromosome counterparts.