Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer populations in Europe.

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New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...

Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an ...

DNA reveals that in prehistoric China, men remained in their community, while women joined new family lineages.

A man has shared his heartache after discovering an uncomfortable truth about his heritage after his wife bought him an ...

Ancestry DNA testing is booming, but the reality is a discovery about your past can come with unexpected heartache.

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