A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

About 55% of the human lifespan is heritable, meaning that more than half of the observed variation in longevity across a ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, ...

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play ...

How big of a role do our genes play in our lifespan? Quite a bit more than previously thought, a new study suggests.

New DNA research reveals most pet dogs - yes, even the tiny breeds - still carry faint traces of ancient wolf ancestry.

In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA ...