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, ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...

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

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

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

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the ...

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