Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, may have captured ancient DNA from the Italian High Renaissance scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci and from his family, according to the ...

You walk through a field of wheat, ryegrass, or clover and notice the sway of stems and leaves. What you cannot see is where most of the action happens.

Adriana Turk found relatives she thought were lost in the Holocaust using DNA testing service MyHeritage.

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In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

Nashville police use forensic genetic genealogy to identify remains found decades ago, solving multiple unidentified remains ...

Ancient necropolises often provide clues about the lives of the dead, with grave goods helping determine what was valued by people in the past. Traditionally, however, archaeologists could only ...

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

Friday marks the fifth day of testimony in the trial of Edrick Faust, the man accused of killing University of Georgia law ...

The conservative Heritage Foundation introduced a new major policy document in early 2026 with recommended incentives for ...

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