Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover ...

Archaeologists have discovered that two people buried in seventh-century cemeteries on England's south coast had recent West African ancestry. Researchers analysed ancient DNA from graves at Updown in ...

Sequencing mammoth DNA has already helped scientists map out how these Ice Age giants evolved, migrated, and survived. But ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Infections particular to our genome may have helped drive human-specific traits — plus, using heat to power DNA computers.

Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for ...

Scientists are studying some of the oldest trees in the UK to try and protect the UK’s forests of tomorrow. From the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree in a Buckinghamshire nature reserve, to the Crouch ...