Spotting the small genetic changes in that code which occur over a few generations, for example, as a result of new arrivals interbreeding with the local population, is like looking for a needle ...

From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones ...

The recent studies independently reached a similar conclusion: that the interbreeding that led to ... that are devoid of Neanderthal genes, for example, suggest certain elements of their DNA ...

Washington became the last state on the U.S. West Coast to reject salmon aquaculture over environmental concerns. A new ...

Previously, scientists had considered species of the kingsnake as interbreeding and their viable ... variability in color and pattern. An example would be the eastern king snake in the eastern ...

That interbreeding left Eurasians with many genes ... The longer duration of gene flow may help explain, for example, why East Asians have about 20% more Neanderthal genes than Europeans and ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

The history encoded in our genes reveals ancient interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans. This interbreeding between species left an indelible mark that remains present in our current DNA.

Now, two separate studies published in the journals Science and Nature in December have dated this period of interbreeding more precisely than ever. “The timing is really important, because it ...