Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team ...

Theories of how humans came to be so ecologically dominant increasingly centre on the adaptive abilities of human culture and its capacity for cumulative change and high-fidelity transmission. Here we ...

Human genetics is one of the only forms of scientific evidence that can demonstrate the causal role of genes in human disease. It provides a crucial tool for identifying and prioritizing potential ...

Scientists have generated a new catalog of human gene expression data from around the world to address how most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries -- ...

The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

A new study maps "genetic nurture," showing how parents' uninherited genes shape a child's height, BMI, and intelligence.