Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

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The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

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FILE: Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany, March 2009 ...

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The DNA foundation model Evo 2, first released in February 2025 as a preprint, is now published in the journal Nature.