The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

Roughly one in every twelve letters of your genetic code comes from an ancient viral infection. These molecular hitchhikers have helped shape our species - and may still hold secrets about immunity, ...

Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

Modern genetic studies show that up to 4% of human DNA comes from Neanderthals—and some of those ancient genes affect how our ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...

If you’ve ever been curious about what dingoes truly are and where they come from, you’ve landed on the right page. These wild dogs have been around Australia for thousands of years, but their story ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

An international team led by researchers from King's College London (KCL) has now found that stubbornly persistent blood ...

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

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

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever among Napoleon’s soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have performed a genetic ...