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The most detailed look yet at how early humans left Africa

Whole-genome studies of nearly 800 people from around the world show that all modern humans from outside Africa are descended from one group of migrants

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Life

World's hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA

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Three snub-nosed monkeys on branch in misty forest

Life

Snub-nosed monkeys are so inbred they may struggle to survive

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Security searches at a Kuwaiti mosque, September 2016

Humans

Kuwait's mass DNA database is a huge attack on genetic privacy

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Life

Darwin and DNA: How genetics spurred the evolution of a theory

Features

Humans

"Intersex" athlete Caster Semenya rightly free to run at Rio

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artist's impression of e coli covered in lots of pink hairs

Life

Synthetic supermicrobe will be resistant to all known viruses

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Life

Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth

Features

Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Life

Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Analysis

First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains

Health

First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains

A radioactive tracer has let researchers watch patterns of gene activity across healthy brains, as well as in those of people with schizophrenia

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Health

Gene doping in sport could make the Olympics fairer and safer

Analysis

Health

Counting genetic mutations predicts how soon you’ll get cancer

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Humans

Tolerance of smoke may have given us an edge over Neanderthals

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Life

Inbreeding has destroyed the English bulldog’s genetic diversity

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