We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

New genetic research is overturning decades of accepted beliefs about where Guam’s ancient CHamoru people came from, ...

When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...