DNA analysis of a Roman-era skeleton known as "Beachy Head Woman" suggests she was likely from Britain, revising earlier ...

Just a few days after the coffin was opened, researchers reported that the bones likely belonged to a man of about 60, ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that gene analysis of breast cancer tumors can identify patients who do not ...

Some shark species might belong to their own distinct lineage, which is separate from all other sharks, rays and skates, according to a new study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Vernon Coffey, left, William Powell and Andy Newhouse prepare to harvest genetically modified chestnut samples at the State ...

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic variants can dramatically alter how fast this expansion happens, sometimes ...

A study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports a major advance in understanding how interactions ...

We no longer believe in inherited capacities, talent, temperament, mental constitution, and characteristics. Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up ...