The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

I have spent years covering discoveries that nudge our origin story around the edges, but the sequencing of DNA from one of ...

A 13-year study of DNA samples collected from the 4,000-year-old Shimao site, a complex of gigantic prehistoric ruins on the ...

DNA of ‘vampire squid from hell’ helps explain how octopuses evolved - With its unusual combination of features, the deep sea ...

Recent genetic analysis challenges long-held belief about the origins of domestic cats from the Levant and their arrival in ...

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

A new study shows that DNA duplication has been vitally important throughout the evolutionary history of gymnosperms, a diverse group of seed plants that includes pines, cypresses, sequoias, ginkgos ...

Diana Fernandes Margao Scientist Carino Gurjao, whose father hails from Agassaim and mother from Ambelim, was named in the ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...