Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 years ago but vanished.

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. argentinian woman Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, according to a new genomics study. The new study, based on almost 2,500 sets of ...

Genetics research has been fundamental in our understanding of human history, including this shocking twist in the story of human evolution. For decades now, scientists have pieced together the story ...

The field of ancient DNA has revealed important aspects of human evolutionary past, including relationships with Denisovans and Neandertals. These studies have relied on DNA from bones and teeth, ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...