Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

The exact relationships between all these early human relatives are still a bit murky. It could be that H. erectus is ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis The ...

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 ...

Applying new analytic methods to nearly 16,000 ancient genomes reveals natural selection has acted on hundreds, not dozens, of genes in West Eurasia over the last 10,000 years. More than half of the ...

When Matthias Meyer began studying the ancient DNA in the 400,000 year old fossils he found in the Sima de los Huesos, or Pit of Bones cave, deep beneath the Atapuerca mountains in Spain, he was ...

Ancient DNA research is revealing that human populations have long been shaped by migration and genetic mixing, overturning ideas of fixed or pure lineages. Findings from early ancient Egypt to Bronze ...

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it.