More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Scientists with the Synthetic Human Genome Project are trying to create artificial human DNA from scratch, leading to numerous ethical concerns. While the ...

The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state ...

Interestingly, as Mnookin notes, DNA evidence received pushback “much more quickly than fingerprints ever did.” It even seems the public has grasped the dangers of its being abused and misused.