Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...

Eight children were born with DNA from three people to prevent a deadly genetic disease.

Iceman isn't the only ancient individual whose DNA is giving us insights into the past. So too are those of his neighbors. A ...

Ancient human ancestors ate small children 850,000 years ago, a gruesome discovery suggests. Archaeologists working at the ...

Analysis reveals Copper Age communities were patrilineal, with diverse maternal lineages suggesting women married into male groups.

The work by Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s anthropology, geospatial and Earth science students at a World War II crash site in Germany is being credited for assisting in the identification of an ...

Since his discovery in 1991, Ötzi, the famous mummified Iceman found frozen in the Ötztal Alps, has been offering all sorts ...

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

Volume 17, Issue 6, on June 16, 2025, titled “rDNA copy number variation and methylation from birth to sexual maturity.” ...

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

Uri Manor’s own hearing loss may not have originally inspired his research path, but his work on the topic now may lead to ...