Your DNA is constantly changing. And if it weren’t for genetic mutations, evolution wouldn’t exist. So, what would life be ...

For years, the common belief among scientists was that human evolution had basically slowed to a crawl once we invented ...

An international research team has recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from cave wall materials in ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...

Early in the progression of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, DNA inside neurons starts showing signs of ...

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...

Newborn mice neurons can snap both DNA strands to migrate, then repair the breaks within a day. The process may be a normal part of brain development.