Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree ... using more sensitive DNA markers (Templeton, 1997).

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

A walnut tree produces flowers of one sex ... variants of a gene linked to female-first or male-first flowering. This DNA polymorphism appears in at least nine species of walnut and has been ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...