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

An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals. The team found genetic clues of this ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the ...

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A new study reveals a new species of Pinocchio chameleon based on DNA and museum specimens, a process called museomics.

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A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

In the lush surroundings of northern Zambia, beneath the cascading waters of Kalambo Falls, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has emerged. Researchers ...