Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or third ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...

The oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered in a Cumbrian cave. Excavated at Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria's ...

After decades, scientists have finally pieced together the 23-step biosynthetic pathway to produce this cancer drug ...