Employing genomes from 2,000 contemporary humans, three Neanderthals, and a single Denisovan, Akey’s team sought to chart the genetic transactions that formed our species in the last 250,000 years.

Using genomes from 2,000 living humans as well as three Neanderthals and one Denisovan, an international team led by Princeton geneticist Joshua Akey mapped the gene flow between the hominin ...

Now, groundbreaking research led by Joshua Akey, a professor at Princeton’s Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, has shed new light on our shared history with these fascinating hominins.

University of Washington population geneticists Joshua Akey (left) and Benjamin Vernot (right) discuss models of human evolution. Akey is an associate professor, and Vernot is a graduate student ...

Josh Akey, Prime Minister. Whitefish crowned its first round of Winter Carnival royalty on Saturday night, naming Josh Akey the new prime minister and Alicia Blake the Duchess of Lark.

Joshua Akey, a geneticist at the University of Washington in Seattle, led a consortium of scientists who examined the DNA of 4,298 European Americans and 2,217 African Americans.

Joshua Akey admits he didn't care much for dogs in his youth. "My wife, who grew up with dogs, convinced me that we should get a dog our first year in graduate school. I very begrudgingly agreed ...

Humans have been collecting tons of negative mutations in the past few thousand years, a new study suggests. "Recent human history has profoundly shaped patterns of genetic variation present in ...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—New Scientist reports that a recent genetic study shows that Neanderthal DNA that survives […] ...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—USA Today reports that Joshua Akey of the University of Washington and colleagues examined the DNA of 1,500 Europeans, East Asians, South Asians, and Melanesians to look for ...

Joshua Akey has started the Dog Aging Project, which has already signed up 32,000 dogs but is looking for even more pups to gather data on breeds and backgrounds.

Josh Wright/SR SportsLink (via Twitter): Robb Akey on changes to WAC: “If we replace (BSU) with Notre Dame, I think we’re going to be perceived as a pretty strong conference.” Akey, of ...