Investigative genetic genealogy has moved from a niche forensic tool to a widely watched method for identifying unknown ...

Scientists say that 55 percent of differences in human lifespan are due to genetic makeup, much more than previously believed ...

A study led by Dr. Li Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how recently evolved human-specific genes—critical for ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...