Mechanism of age-related accumulation of mtDNA mutations in human blood
CohortsUK Biobank The UKB is a prospective cohort of approximately 500,000 individuals from the UK aged 40–70 years…
Scientists Reconstruct One of Oldest Known Neanderthal Communities
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from eight fossils found in Stajnia Cave in Poland reveals a tight-knit group of Neanderthals…
Scientists Uncover 500-Million-Year-Old Species Hiding In Plain Sight In South Korea
A new species of chiton — a tiny, armored marine mollusk from a lineage roughly 500 million years…
Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea),…
Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup
Lax, G. et al. Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes. Nature 564, 410–414 (2018). Article CAS …