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<p><em>A research consortium led by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) provide evidence that social behaviour and social status are reflected at the molecular level of gene activation (epigenome) in juvenile and adult free-ranging spotted hyenas. They analysed non-invasively collected gut epithelium samples from both high-ranking and low-ranking female hyenas and showed that rank differences were associated with epigenetic signatures of ...

People who are suspicious of science often assume they understand it well – and that others agree with them.

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A new study finds that some people have inherited genetic variants from Neanderthals that make them more likely to be morning people.

A South African man says hes been taken for a ride by an ancestry website that told him he was a DNA match with the mythical Cheddar Man, who died 10,000 years ago.

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A new study led by researchers at Penn State reveals that populations of Masai giraffes separated geographically by the Great Rift Valley have not exchanged genetic material in more than a thousand years, and in some cases hundreds of thousands of years, suggesting these giraffes are more endangered than previously thought.

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