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The contentious issue of first-cousin marriages is set to hit the headlines with a heated debate over their impact on genetic disorders in Britain.
A rare kitten born at a wildlife park in Kent is shown to the public for the first time.
A vet is urging owners of pet cats to have them neutered and vaccinated to help protect wildcats.
The quest to live longer is one of humanity's oldest dreams and three isolated communities seem to have stumbled across the answer. So what can they teach us about a longer life?
The world's tallest animal, the giraffe, may actually be several species, a new genetics study suggests.
The migratory secrets of the bluefin tuna have been unlocked by one of the most extensive studies of the giant fish.
BBC News looks back at some of the stories making the headlines in the South East over the past week.
A kitten born at a conservation park could help save the population of rare Scottish wildcats.
The remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia are unearthed in a cave in China.
The earliest modern humans in Europe were short of being the complete article, according to a study of a fossilised skull from Romania.
Scientists reconstruct a chunk of DNA from the genome of a Neanderthal man who lived 38,000 years ago.
Almost a third of a wild goat herd in Snowdonia is culled as part of a control on the animals' population.
Archaeologists have identified fossils belonging to some of the earliest modern humans to settle in Europe.
The human race could divide into a genetic upper class and an underclass in 100,000 years' time, says an expert.
A zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare Rothschild giraffe as part of an international breeding programme.
Scientists have interbred two butterfly species and created a third, distinct species, the journal Nature reports.
Scientists recover DNA from a Neanderthal that lived 100,000 years ago - the oldest human-type DNA so far.
The final evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee may have been more recent than previously thought, according to a DNA study.
The first sequences of nuclear DNA from a Neanderthal have been reported at a US science meeting.
RSPB Scotland celebrates the success of a project to reintroduce red kites back into Scotland.
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