A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

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

The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ensure it remains ...

A forensic scientist crouches down on a dirty factory floor. There’s a pool of blood, and they delicately dip a swab into it ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively ...

It seems that every few weeks a new study expands our understanding of how Neandertal DNA affects modern human health and physiology. Researchers have found that some Neandertal DNA makes carriers ...

Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock ... which spans 12,000 years. Not only have rock art, ... Ancient DNA isn’t well preserved when average ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...

Natural selection is an important evolutionary force that enables humans ... and ultimately determine its role in human adaptation and disease. Low-cost DNA ... most powerful and state-of-the-art ...