Thus, ethnicity and race are tied to both our genetics and our environment. This complexity makes it much more difficult for researchers to identify the specific connections between ...

DNA from an ancient human group that made Europe their home more than 45,000 years ago before mysteriously disappearing ...

At the genetic level, any two people are more than 99 percent the same as each other, no matter their skin color or ethnic origin. Still, both race, which describes one’s physical ...

There is no justification, however, to use race as a substitute for other parameters that can be measured, such as genetic variation or differences in metabolism. Increasing mobility and admixture ...

More to the point, we must beware the popular objection that even if race is real, there is more genetic variation “within” racial groups than “between” them. This idea is based on a ...

A lost race of humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago before mysteriously dying out, leaving no descendants, a ...

Many people outside of psychology and biology come to the subject of nature–nurture because of an interest in race. That is unfortunate, but I get it. People, especially in the United States, are ...

The Race and Medicine collection reflects NEJM’s commitment to understanding and combating racism as a public health and human rights crisis. Our commitment to antiracism includes efforts to ...