Red chalk drawing called Holy Child that has been examined by scientists could hold the key to the DNA of a legendary ...

A rare sample from a woolly rhinoceroses reveals how the population changed in the lead-up to the species’ extinction.

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Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled ...

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In mid-December, the 20-year-old Minneapolis resident was walking through the city’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood when federal immigration officers stopped him. He offered to show identification. They ...

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival technologies, such as stone tools. They may also have given us the secret to a ...

Medical scientist Eduardo Marbán – then at Johns Hopkins and now Cedars-Sinai – found that heart progenitor cells also have a special mechanism where they send out sacs, known as exosomes, which carry ...

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Major Scientific Expansion Provides the Most Detailed Look at African Ancestry on the Market, Helping to Bypass Historical 'Brick Walls' for Individuals with African Heritage PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For millions of Americans in the African diaspora, genealogical ties and records were severed by the transatlantic slave trade, creating a 'brick ...