Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival technologies, such as stone tools. They may also have given us the secret to a ...

Living past the age of 100 has long fascinated scientists and the public alike. While advances in medicine and healthier ...

Ancient hunter-gatherer genes may hold the secret to living past 100, according to a new study of Italian centenarians and their DNA.

Italians are known for their food, architecture, and longevity (among other things), with the Mediterranean diet often cited as a major contributor to an extensive lifespan. Yet new genetic research ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

Hunter-gatherer genes likely favoured during the last Ice Age could be helping modern-day Italians live longer life ...

Elderly Agta couple. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 15, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Dyble at University College London in London, UK, and ...

Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

Agta couple in the Philippines. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 15, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Dyble at University College London in London, ...