A major genetic study by the Centre for Cancer Epidemiology at the Tata Memorial Centre, has found that some tobacco chewers ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Ancient DNA from Iceland’s first centuries of habitation is forcing historians and geneticists to redraw the map of who ...

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

More than 130 years since Jack the Ripper terrorised the murky, foggy streets of Victorian London, forensic scientists ...

Controversial genetic tests claim Jack the Ripper was Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber and prime suspect at the time, but ...

The mystery of Jack the Ripper's real identity has been a question many have been trying to solve since the gruesome killings ...

A new study published in Nature reveals that a distinct group of early humans lived in this region for at least 8,000 years, ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

Over 130 years since Jack the Ripper haunted the dark, foggy streets of Victorian London, forensic scientists reckon they ...

The latest twist centres around a silk shawl that was said to have been discovered next to the mutilated body of Catherine ...