That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

A new study finds tiny Neanderthal DNA differences shaped their powerful jaws, revealing how small genetic changes influence ...

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 ...

Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

New research shows that a high-fat diet causes cellular damage that directly paves the way for liver cancer. The strain comes ...

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New breakthroughs in microbial analysis could enhance disease prediction, environmental protection and our understanding of the planet’s smallest life forms.

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

The West Texas measles outbreak was the nation’s largest in more than 35 years. The religious group is a microcosm of the ...