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Over the past decade, however, the study of ancient DNA, recovered from fossils up to around 400,000 years old, has revealed startling new twists and turns in the story of human history.

A new study followed as a Turritopsis dohrnii rejuvenated itself, uncovering developmental patterns for further inquiry.

Trio of studies suggests new homeland for earliest Indo-European speakers and traces movements of ancient Greeks, Imperial Romans

The gene-editing technology has led to innovations in medicine, evolution and agriculture — and raised profound ethical questions about altering human DNA.

For 40 years, scientists thought a specific gene was linked to aggression in hamsters. Removing it, however, had violent consequences.

Researchers throughout the globe are asking, and attempting to answer, why one parent without identifiable risk factors becomes critically ill while their spouse and children never test positive or are able to manage their symptoms at home.

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We can now say with great confidence that our species, anatomically modern humans, does not have biological races. We know this in large part due to the contributions of Richard C. Lewontin.