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have analyzed human remains from the Oakhurst rock shelter in southernmost Africa and reconstructed the genomes of thirteen ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The oldest person alive was honored on Japan's Respect for the Aged Day. Tomiko Itooka, now 116 years old, ...

For now, the human genome-encoded “5D memory crystal” is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive, a time capsule project ...

Rosie, a fluffy tortoise-shell, will celebrate her 32nd birthday on June 1 with proud owner Lila Brissett, 72, who took her ...

Typically, female gray seals in human care can live close to 40 years, and male seals live about 30 years. The post Oldest ...

Are the world's oldest 'living fossil' coelacanths still evolving? Groundbreaking fossil research links plate tectonics with ...

A cherished cat thought to be the world’s oldest at 33 years, equivalent to 152 in human years, recently passed away. Rosie, ...

Sheba has lived at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for most of her life after she was rescued as an injured pup in 1974. | ITV ...

A much-loved cat believed to be the oldest cat in the world has died - aged 33 years old. Rosie, a fluffy tortoise-shell, ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

In 1994, a college student called Yohannes Haile-Selassie unearthed a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton in Ethiopia. She was the first near-complete skeleton of a species of human ancestor called ...