Humans didn’t need modern technology to figure out that kids tend to look like their parents ... A sperm cell and an egg cell each contain half the DNA to make a person. Encoded in that DNA ...

For the Human Genome Project, researchers collected blood (female) or sperm (male) samples from a large number of donors. Only a few samples were processed as DNA resources, and the source names ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals likely shared the plains and forests of Eurasia for 6,000 to 7,000 years. As bands of Homo sapiens spread across the continent, they carried Neanderthal DNA with them.

Every human has unique DNA (except for identical twins who share the same DNA, as they both came from the same initial cell). Forensic scientists use the unique nature of DNA to help catch criminals.

A 2015 report published by a private genomics testing company found that 2% of 345 hot dogs tested contained traces of human DNA. However, it was unclear whether that report was a peer-reviewed ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction.