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The finding of 'Yersinia pestis' in the remains of a hunter-gatherer in Latvia indicates that, originally, the disease would have been much less aggressive than the strain that supposedly decimated the European population in the Middle Ages. Why did the plague become a deadly disease?

DNA could be a very promising system for storing digital data, but the development of this technology still has several pitfalls to solve. Which are?

Columbus's birthplace remains a matter of debate, but modern genetic identification techniques could definitely dispel the doubts.

DNA is a chain that contains the genetic instructions for all living organisms. Do you know how tall it is? We reveal its length to you.

DNA, which belongs to several mammoths, including a specimen over a million years old, reveals how these huge creatures evolved.

This important image was the work of biologist Rosalind Franklin, a methodical scientist with an incredible passion for what is seen through the microscope.

They have sequenced the DNA of the prehistoric giant wolf (Canis dirus), which separated from the rest of the lineages almost 6 million years ago.

Most male mammals, including the chimpanzee, have keratin spines, similar to fingernails, on their penis. This feature disappeared in man with a small piece of DNA.