Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of ...

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

New research shows human language evolved through ancient genetic systems that regulate genes, challenging the previous idea.

Research on ancient DNA is surging, but how can scientists ensure that human remains of irreplaceable significance are ...

A landmark study of nearly 16,000 ancient and modern genomes from West Eurasia reveals that human evolution accelerated over ...

Scientists in Germany have been able to get enough DNA from a fossilized pinky to produce a high-quality DNA sequence of the pinky's owner. "It's a really amazing-quality genome," says David Reich of ...

Bones were exhumed and passed around to members of the community, who used the remains of their ancestors in a surprising ...

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...

Joseph Shavit Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after ...

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