The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ancestor who lived 200,000 years ago in present-day Botswana.

After powerful North Sea storms uprooted trees, he begged his parents to ... Stoneking helped Wilson establish the existence of "mitochondrial Eve"—a woman who lived in Africa about 200,000 ...

Eve shared a sweet snap of herself, alongside her husband Maximillion Cooper, her four stepchildren, and her 2-year-old son, in honor of Mother's Day in the U.K. In the photo, the family of six posed ...

Dollar Tree on Wednesday said it is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion to a pair of private equity firms, a decade after it bought the discount chain for more than $8 billion. In a statement ...

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for drastically less than it paid to buy it. The pace of Family Dollar store closures could increase once the chain is sold to its private equity acquirers.

Dollar Tree's decade-long effort to fold the Family Dollar chain into its business is ending after agreeing to sell the bargain store chain to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion.

Dollar Tree is selling its Family Dollar business as the discount chain store tries to turn around its mounting losses under a new leader. Dollar Tree agreed to sell its Family Dollar business ...

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to private equity firms for $1 billion after acquiring the chain in 2015 for $9 billion. The company says the sale will allow it to focus on growing the Dollar ...

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images Dollar Tree (DLTR) on Wednesday said it has reached a deal to sell its Family Dollar brand to a pair of private-equity firms for $1 billion.

The decision to sell Family Dollar comes as part of Dollar Tree’s strategic efforts to streamline operations and enhance profitability under new leadership. Dollar Tree announced on Wednesday ...