An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...
Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.
When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...
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When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...
The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...
Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains. By Damien Cave Reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam The world is facing an abundance of tragic events that produce ...