Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, ...

Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has ...

DNA seems like it would be able to plot out genetic relationships between civilizations, but researchers found that this ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...

An international research collaboration, including INRAE, has published the complete set of genes (pangenome) and agronomic ...

CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Advances in sequencing ancient DNA have revealed that over millenia, people have moved into new regions in successive waves, ...

Major Scientific Expansion Provides the Most Detailed Look at African Ancestry on the Market, Helping to Bypass Historical ...