Men in no danger of becoming extinct!

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:10

Researchers have dispelled the common notion that the Y`s genes are mostly unimportant and that the chromosome is destined to dwindle and disappear, after comparing Y chromosomes in eight African and eight European men.

Most common male and female ancestors lived around same time

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 15:17

First full-chromosome sequencing effort has found that most recent male and female common ancestors lived around the same time.

Y chromosome much older than previously thought

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 19:05

Researchers have discovered an extremely rare African American Y chromosome that pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago.