Researchers extracted DNA from long-dead animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic ...

"There is of course a limit to DNA preservation in Africa, but what it is, is not clear." ...

Ancient DNA can be a powerful tool for helping us reconstruct the long-dead past. Most surviving genetic material comes from ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

A new genetic study has uncovered a remarkable piece of Colonial American history buried quite literally beneath a 17th ...

The Fulani people are Africa’s largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to ...

New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who lived in ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive DNA tool to help monitor hard-to-trace African carnivores, including caracals and leopards, making it potentially useful in the conservation of elusive and ...

Researchers extracted DNA from animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic material ...