Conservationists have sounded the alarm for decades that habitat fragmentation is just as devastating to elephant populations ...

DNA analysis of a Roman-era skeleton known as "Beachy Head Woman" suggests she was likely from Britain, revising earlier ...

For the first time, a team of researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Agricultural Research Council has ...

Researchers deciphered ancient genomes from the Green Sahara, revealing an isolated North African human lineage.

A team of scientists from Stellenbosch University and the Agricultural Research Council have, for the first time, successfully edited the DNA of a woody crop plant in Africa by making precise changes ...

One minute you're sitting around the dinner table—a normal-as-can-be, fairly happy family. The next, all hell breaks loose.

One minute you're sitting around the dinner table—a normal-as-can-be, fairly happy family. The next, all hell breaks loose.

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant ...

Africa’s largest elephant DNA study reveals growing genetic isolation as habitats shrink, raising urgent concerns for ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...