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Ancestry

Discoveries Scientists discover how life began before Earth’s first universal ancestor

A new study shows rare duplicated genes called universal paralogs can reveal what life looked like before Earth’s first universal ancestor, LUCA.

Discoveries Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth Joshua Shavit

Discoveries New fossil evidence places early humans in Eurasia 2 million years ago

Discoveries Surprising discovery connects skin tone, genetic ancestry and skin cancer

Discoveries Surprising research finds that human ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa

Discoveries New research concludes that Vikings weren’t all Scandinavian

Discoveries Ancient genomes reveal hidden history of human adaptation

Discoveries Scientists reveal ‘mystery ancestors’ from ancient layers of banana DNA

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