Ancestry & Evolution
The desire to understand our origins is primal. By examining our DNA over successive generations through the evolutionary process of inherited characteristics of human and animal populations–as well as from those species from which humans share a common ancestry–we can decipher our individual and collective past and develop medical innovations for the future.
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New Yorker epigenetic piece draws ire from scientists
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Pudgy Labrador retrievers’ genes help humans understand why we are getting fat
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US government returning 8,500-year-old ‘Kennewick Man’ to Native Americans
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American eugenics movement was dark time for science and society
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Kid’s academic achievement? Scale tips towards genetics
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Brain imaging study maps language ‘atlas’
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Sweden, UK, China move forward with human embryonic gene editing amid ethical concerns
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