Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Scientists have recently been learning more about the importance of small bits of circular genetic material known as ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

Researchers created a highly efficient gene-editing method that fixes multiple DNA mutations in a single step. The breakthrough could revolutionize genetic medicine by making treatments for complex ...

A new genetic study has found Indigenous Australians travelled over two distinct routes, and 100 kilometres of open water, to ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

The structure and organization of the feline genome is similar to that of humans -- more than typical lab mice -- according to University of Missouri veterinary researcher Leslie Lyons. Alamy Stock ...

Testing of Hitler’s DNA also showed scores in the top 1% for a predisposition to autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

What if you could walk into a room with a small handheld vacuum and in a few minutes gather up the DNA of everybody who’d been there recently? While this sounds like a fake gadget from a low-budget ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...