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Supercentenarian María Branyas Morera, pictured with researcher Manel Esteller

Health

World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

Å®ÉúСÊÓƵs have studied the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old

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Life

Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct

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Life

Mystery of the potato's origins solved by genetics

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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

Comment

Humans

An ancient Egyptian's complete genome has been read for the first time

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Humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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Life

Biotech firm aims to create ‘ChatGPT of biology’ – will it work?

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Life

Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves

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Humans

What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans

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A company called Colossal Biosciences says it has revived an extinct species ? the dire wolf. ?On October 1, 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction

Society

Why claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg

Colossal Biosciences’s "de-extinction" news is just the latest in a slew of eyebrow-raising claims by privately funded researchers. Is the bar for belief lower when those making the claims have a lot of money, wonders Jonathan R. Goodman

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Life

No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

News

Humans

Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins

Culture

Life

Can genetically engineered 'woolly' mice help bring back the mammoth?

Analysis

Health

Why the world’s longevity hotspots may not be all they seem

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