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genetic diversity
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Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics
Japan’s famous snow macaques are an exception among primates today. But our early ancestors often lived through weather…
September 9, 2025
Study: Potato is an ancient hybrid of tomato-like plant
A new genomic study reveals the potato's signature tuber originated from an ancient hybridization between tomato-like and potato-like species millions of years ago.
August 10, 2025
Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?
Artist’s rendering: Woolly mammoths once roamed large swathes of Siberia. Denis-S / Shutterstock Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University…
April 23, 2025
Ireland’s neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite – new research
Neil Carlin, University College Dublin; Catherine J. Frieman, Australian National University, and Jessica Smyth, University College Dublin In…
April 22, 2025
Study Finds No Radiation-Induced Mutations in Chornobyl Dogs’ Genetics
At a Glance A new study has revealed that genetic mutations are unlikely to explain the genetic differences…
January 28, 2025
