relatedness

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These findings speak directly to a broader scientific debate about whether close genetic relatedness is necessary for complex social systems to evolve.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

The pattern of relatedness indicated the roaches achieved world dominance in two waves, both likely aided by humans.

From Science Magazine • May 19, 2024

The notion of genetic relatedness — IVF kind of broke that.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Over hundreds of millions of years, gene sequences mutate so much that any signal about the relatedness of different lineages is washed out.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

How then should we understand the biological relatedness of Sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari