The best home DNA kits can provide a window into our ancestry, genetic traits, and overall health. They can trace family ...

Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...

DNA testing has helped family history researchers fill in the blanks in their family trees. While that can be a good thing, ...

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Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future? Eske Willerslev was on a tour of Montreal’s Redpath Museum, a Victorian-era ...

Science historians have a new resource they can tap to better understand the early days of molecular biology. The nonprofit Science History Institute (SHI) this week added a collection known as the ...