Senior writer Forrest Wilder tells of Ron Wooten, an everyman who stumbled into the discovery of a rare canid “genetic hot ...

If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

Canadians who have used 23andMe to learn more about their family ancestry could soon cash in on a massive proposed settlement ...

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Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ancestry, according to a study published today in Nature Communications.  ...

"Long story short, after learning this news, he decided to reach out to his biological father, who turned out to be a local ...

A study has found that more than 41,000 missing RNA transcripts and hundreds of potential new genes have been overlooked due ...

Analysis - New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who ...

DNA extracted from an ancient skeleton in a pot is a genetic mixture of two distinct worlds - ...

Africa has the greatest human genetic diversity and the hunter-gatherers of southern Africa represent some of the oldest known genetic lineages. They can therefore reveal more about where and when we ...

A growing number of people are uncovering royal links through DNA testing, and these 35 surnames are strongly tied to ...