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New ZealandDNA Day 2025
Every year on 25 April, DNA Day celebrates one of the biggest milestones in modern science: the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure in 1953. This year, DNA Day 2025 gives us something even more meaningful. It’s a chance to look back on more than 20 years of breakthroughs and reflect on how far we’ve come in understanding genetics and changing lives for the better.
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What does the future of our genome hold?
Only Success at OGS Conference 2017
Living DNA Attends Southern California Genealogy Society Conference 2017
Living DNA wins at Mendip Business Awards 2017
Scientists discover ancient DNA in the soil of caves
Recent study suggest Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans than chimps
A new study of bonobos suggests they may be more closely linked to our ancestors than chimpanzees. This is the first study to compare the anatomy.
New Living DNA project aims to map Germany’s genetic history
Winners at Somerset Business Awards
New Living DNA project aims to map Ireland’s genetic history
We launch an appeal for Irish people with four locally-born grandparents to take part in a new DNA project to help map the genetic history of Ireland.
Who really won at the Battle of Hastings?
950 years ago today, a beleaguered King Harold met William of Normandy in open battle at Hastings that changed map of Britain.
Living DNA previews at New Scientist Live, London
The Living DNA team travelled from Somerset to London to preview their personal ancestry DNA service.
Europe's earliest farmers were direct descendants of Neolithic Aegeans
A recent study suggests that early European farmers have an almost broken tail of ancestry leading back to the Aegeans.
Ancient DNA study shows the first Australians were Aboriginal
Research confirms Aboriginal people were the first people of Australia. Mungo Man, the oldest known Australian, was in an extinct line of humans.
Recent study of modern DNA reveals half of western European men descend from a single man
A study of variation in the Y chromosome has recently been published, showing how half of all western European men descended from an individual male.