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Testicular time bomb: Older dads' mutant sperm

Health

Testicular time bomb: Older dads' mutant sperm

Every man's sperm is fighting an evolutionary civil war – and over the years, it ups the risk of fathering a child with a genetic disorder

Features

Empires and slave-trading left their mark on our genes

Health

Empires and slave-trading left their mark on our genes

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Ancestry of first Americans revealed by a boy's genome

Life

Ancestry of first Americans revealed by a boy's genome

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Life

Ancient genome won't heal rifts with Native Americans

Leader

Tribal healing: Anzick child genome changed my life

Life

Tribal healing: Anzick child genome changed my life

Opinion

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Humans

The eyes have it

Regulars

'There is no DNA test to prove you're Native American'

Humans

'There is no DNA test to prove you're Native American'

Opinion

Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Life

Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

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Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA

Humans

Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA

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Life

Stem cell timeline: The history of a medical sensation

From Dolly the sheep to fraudulent clones and yesterday's revolutionary breakthrough, stem cells have brought sensational science and scandal

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Life

Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

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Health

Black Death may have scuppered Roman Empire

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Life

Ancient European hunter-gatherer was a blue-eyed boy

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Life

Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years

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