Scientists discover how differences in human vocal tract anatomy may help explain why the world's languages sound so different.

The human reference genome has always been a remarkable but flawed tool. A new 'pangenome' aims to correct its oversights and omissions. For more than 20 years, scientists have relied on the human ...

Most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries—a long-standing bias that may limit the accuracy of scientific predictions for people from other populations.

The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) participated in a study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, on human teeth unearthed at the Hualongdong site in Anhui ...

On May 21, the world marks the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. On May 22, it turns to the International Day for Biological Diversity, whose 2026 theme is "Acting ...

A new study shows that the patchwork of different ecosystems found in mountainous regions played a key role in the evolution of humans. A new study published in the journal Science Advances by ...

Genomics is revolutionizing medicine and science, but current approaches still struggle to capture the breadth of human genetic diversity. Pangenomes that incorporate many people’s DNA could be the ...

The physical phenotypic differences between this Sudanese skull (right) and this European skull (left) are apparent. (From J.L.A. de Quatrefages, E.T. Hamy, Crania ethnica: les Cranes des races ...