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Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

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Denisovan-derived DNA shaped Indigenous American ancestry, helping early peoples adapt to new environments, foods, and ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

DNA methylation can specifically impact weight by turning on or off genes involved in metabolism and hunger regulation, among other things, explains Evan Brittain, M.D., associate professor of ...