In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for thousands of years alongside humans before they were domesticated. During that time ...

In this Journal Club, Diyendo Massilani recalls two studies by Meyer et al. that reported a mitochondrial genome and nuclear DNA sequences from mid-Ice Age Sima de los Huesos hominins.

May 13, 2025 — Palaeontologists have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Mosura fentoni was about the size of your index finger and had ...

Are DNA ancestry tests a reliable way to trace your ancestry? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Well, my Mum actually did our family tree, and she found a lot of our ...

June 8, 2025 — Genetic research in Sweden has unveiled three new gene variants that dramatically increase the risk of venous blood clots, sometimes by up to 180%. These discoveries build on ...