New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

Lower Volga group therefore can be connected to all Indo-European-speaking populations and is the best candidate for the ...

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial ...

Scientists have pinpointed nearly 300 "hotspots" in the human genome that may increase the risk of bipolar disorder. In the ...

The American biomedical company Thermo Fisher describes a prominent product featured on its website, the RapidHIT ID system, ...

Chinese authorities close Uyghur farmers' water wells in southern Xinjiang, Nordic Council launches Arctic program ...

Genetic testing can also help identify relatives of patients who are at risk of having a condition. This also means that people of child-bearing age with a high chance of passing a condition on to ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry in England have been identified as being at increased risk of cancer and offered risk-reducing options, as part of a new NHS genetic testing programme. New data ...

Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years ...

On 14 January, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the auspices of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), augmented the UFLPA Entity List with the addition of 37 People’s ...