The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

P eople living in North Africa today can trace their ancestry back to a unique human population that lived in the Sahara at a ...

The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ...

Ramirez are creating brilliant work that can’t be grouped into the often limiting cis-male/-female category—and that’s something to be celebrated. Why, then, do we persist in specifically ...

World Athletics, the body that governs track and field as well as road-running events, will demand DNA tests for athletes competing in the female category in elite events. World Athletics ...

By Tariq Panja Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the ...

World Athletics has adopted a cheek swab DNA test to ensure fair competition in women’s events ... “We will vigorously defend the female category,” Coe stated. “We are prepared to take any necessary ...

This genetic reunion, occurring roughly 300,000 years ago, resulted in one group contributing 80% of modern human DNA, while the other provided the ... Fossil evidence indicates that species such as ...

From record-breaking album runs to historic chart achievements, female musicians have shaped the industry, proving that “girls ran the world” over the past 25 years. Leading the pack is Taylor ...

A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that experienced in war, can leave epigenetic “scars” on DNA that endures for generations. In the early 1980s, the Syrian regime carried out a ...