Internal testing by the Environment Agency has provided insight into pollution at two sites that were the first to be ...

Cats are beloved family members in tens of millions of households, but we know surprisingly little about their genes.

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Scientists have found that 20% of our DNA may come from a mysterious ancestor, according to WP. This discovery changes how we ...

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient ... of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes ...

Recent research from The Rockefeller University suggests a unique mutation in the NOVA1 gene, specific to humans, played a critical role in the evolut ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

This groundbreaking finding suggests that Telomir-1 may selectively benefit healthy cells while suppressing malignant growth, challenging the assumption that telomere-elongating drugs inherently ...

A deep-rooted population structure emerged, suggesting modern humans, Homo sapiens, are the result of a population that split ...

The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also often ineffective. Animals do not naturally get many of the diseases that humans do, such as major types of heart disease, many ...

They show that the EA carried out a type of DNA testing that reveals whether animals or humans are responsible for the faecal matter detected at swim spots. The DNA testing is costly and it is ...