Each of us tells a story about who we are, often tracing our identity back through an imagined line of ancestors. Though identity is fundamentally cultural, we tend to anchor it in biology—in the idea ...
A new review highlights how human evolution has shaped the presence of pathogenic variations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes, offering a new perspective on why modern populations face increased ...
Mice show that DNA methylation tags can defy Mendel’s inheritance rules by appearing in offspring even when neither parent ...
A new study by the University of Turku and partners provides fresh insights into an individual buried near Lake Kitka in ...
A new genealogical study shows how genetic analyses threading together DNA across centuries can save stories of historical ...
However, groundbreaking ancient DNA analysis has revealed that these complex social structures were actually widespread in Central Europe more than 5,000 years ago. An international team of ...