I checked my cousin’s tree to see if his children’s names were revealed there, indicating they had passed away. Neither his name nor those of his children are provided in his tree, so I’m presuming they are all alive and well. That’s a relief. Given that ...
Although the domestic dog’s origin is still unclear, this lineage is believed to have been domesticated from an extinct population of gray wolves, which is expected to be more closely related to dogs than to other populations of gray wolves. Here, we se
or if one species is genetically closer to another. A comparison between humans and Neanderthals, for example, may be appropriate because it is hypothesized that humans descended from Neanderthals. Scientists use the comparison to infer ancestry and evolution. Studying genomes can help researchers...
Brick walls aren’t always meant to fall. We’ve said it before in this blog: Building a family tree using DNA testing is serious (Family History is a hobby…but DNA is serious business). Even when the tools work better than hoped, the results can be complicated and painful. We will ...