Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

sanitation infrastructure and education systems rather than individual intelligence or genetic change. The researchers argue that if humans are evolving to rely on cultural adaptation, we are also ...

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising ...

Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress. Today, we no longer use that word, but the dream of ...

There's a fresh push to edit the genes of human embryos to prevent diseases and enhance characteristics that parents value. Bioethicists say just... The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a ...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies. His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, ...