Binary polymorphisms associated with the non-recombining region of the human Y chromosome (NRY) preserve the paternal genetic legacy of our species that has persisted to the present, permitting ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...

Human artificial chromosomes (HACs) represent a novel promising episomal system for functional genomics, gene therapy, and synthetic biology. HACs are engineered from natural and synthetic alphoid DNA ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

Repeating that something is “settled science” does not make it or its materialistic conclusions so.

“The diploid alignment was even more dramatically divergent, showing a difference of 16.11% between humans and chimps. When sex chromosomes were analyzed, chimpanzee X chromosomes were over 20% ...

Ryotaro Hashizume and colleagues from Mie University in Japan report that it is possible to cut away the surplus chromosome in affected cells, which appears to bring their behavior closer to typical ...

Famous chimpanzee sanctuary faces existential threat from illegal land grab. Tacugama has grown to become Sierra Leone's most popular tourist attraction over the last three decades.

Chimpanzee drumming. Credit: Current Biology/Eleuteri et al. “Our previous study showed that each chimpanzee has their own unique drumming style and that drumming helps to keep others in their group ...