In a discovery that challenges our understanding of human history, scientists have successfully decoded the oldest DNA ever ...

The Bajau tribe of Indonesia have become the first known humans to genetically adapt to diving. The tribe live an extremely amphibious life, and have now been proven to possess the genetic makeup to ...

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

A decade after she was assaulted, police notified a Kansas woman that they had a suspect. It showed the pitfalls of DNA failure to deliver justice.

For millennia, Indigenous knowledge holders have passed down lore to the next generation. Much lore describes the ...

The race is on to restore the native oyster habitat in the Hampton River. Many groups are coming together to do this — and ...

Smart DNA, a leading DNA testing centre in Lagos, has released its comprehensive 2024 report on DNA testing trends in Nigeria ...

A recent study has identified new biochemistry for RNA functions at low temperatures. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a vital ...

Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population collapsed as a result of ...

In 2015, archaeologists discovered the remains of a Neanderthal in a cave in southern France. They nicknamed him “Thorin” after a dwarf character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. For the last nine ...

Genomes from people native to the island show that its original population was part of the Polynesian expansion across the ...