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

The African wild dog is one of Africa’s most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilising vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current ...

A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or ...

There’sa23andMe spit collection kit sitting somewhere in my bedroom, unopened, unregistered and collecting dust. I spent $79 on the kit, hopeful to connect with long-lost relatives and uncover my ...

CLEVELAND AND NAIROBI — July 11, 2024 — Today, the American Journal of Human Genetics published a perspective piece on the need for an equitable and inclusive future for DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) ...

On a work trip to Kenya nearly three decades ago, Cecelia Gore was bombarded with questions about her African ethnicity. Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ...

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. Suggested ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

I read your column “Do Most Whites Have Traces of African DNA, as I Do?” with interest. The questioner in that column was wondering whether the traces of African ancestry in her DNA test entered her ...