Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural ...

A newly discovered Denisovan gene, hidden within human DNA, may have helped the first Americans adapt to their new world. Thousands of years ago, early humans braved a dangerous migration, traveling ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...

In a turn of events that has left the scientific community in a state of shock and intrigue, the oldest human remains ever ...

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

Genomic studies show Papua New Guineans are closely related to Asians, shaped by isolation, adaptation, and Denisovan ...

In a modest-sized university lab in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, researchers are using a tiny drill to scrape ...

New research reveals how human DNA preserves the story of language contact, showing when and where languages converged, ...