The language family began to diverge from around 8,100 years ago, out of a homeland immediately south of the Caucasus.…
Researchers in Kent, England, have unearthed 800 prehistoric artifacts, including two “giant hand axes” believed to be more than 300,000…
An evolutionary scholar examines racist and sexist depictions of human evolution that continue to permeate science, education, and popular culture.…
A baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now…
Australopithecus fossils were regularly interpreted during the late 20th century in a framework that used living African apes, especially chimpanzees, as…
Paleogenetics is the study of the past through the examination of preserved genetic material from the remains of ancient organisms.[1][2] Emile Zuckerkandl and Linus Pauling introduced the…
Archaeogenetics is the study of ancient DNA using various molecular genetic methods and DNA resources. This form of genetic analysis can be applied to human,…
Paleogenomics is a field of science based on the reconstruction and analysis of genomic information in extinct species. Improved methods…
Humanity has always been intrigued by its origins. Where do we come from, and how are we related to those…
Taking inspiration from the Human Genome Project, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) initiated the ambitious “Genome India Project” (GIP) . The GIP…