
Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago
1 May 2019
The first Denisovan remains discovered outside Siberia suggest our extinct cousins lived at extreme altitude in Tibet long before our species made it there

1 May 2019
The first Denisovan remains discovered outside Siberia suggest our extinct cousins lived at extreme altitude in Tibet long before our species made it there

16 April 2019
Older dads may change the chromosomes in their sperm so that their children will be able to live longer lives – a phenomenon similar to Lamarckian evolution

15 November 2018
A new genetic test that enables people having IVF to screen out embryos likely to have a low IQ or high disease risk could soon become available in the US

27 April 2018
A serial killer active in California decades ago may finally have been identified using genetic sequences the suspect’s distant relatives gave to a website

21 March 2018
Abortions on the basis of disability are back in the spotlight thanks to a new test for Down's syndrome during pregnancy and law changes around the world