By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has rewritten our understanding of early medieval England, revealing that two individuals buried in seventh-century cemeteries had recent West African ancesto ...

The Reiff family was grieving the death of their beloved dog, Rufus, when they adopted Ziggy — and a DNA test found he was ...

Scientists know little about Denisovans, a now-extinct relative of humans. But a gene inherited from these hominins may have ...

A grave digger in Peru discovered unusual mummified bodies in 2015, captivating scientists and conspiracy theorists alike.

Cube Biotech, a pioneer in membrane protein stabilization and purification, and X-Chem, the global leader in DNA-Encoded ...

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of ...