A new analysis of ancient DNA has found that Neanderthal genomes contain 62 percent more ancestry from anatomically modern ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals.

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

That’s the thing about DNA. Most people think it helps us find ancestors, and sometimes it does. More often, it helps us find ...

The Medici family evokes wealth and power for those who are familiar with the lasting imprint this famous family left on their native city - Florence, Italy. They transformed Florence from a ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

How does your body produce millions of antibodies from one genome? New research reveals how two closely related proteins help ...