A groundbreaking new documentary series titled Human is set to bring the ancient past of our evolutionary relatives to life ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that could rewrite history, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest human skeleton ever found in Thailand. This discovery pushes back the timeline of human ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is ...

NEW YORK — Neanderthals and humans probably mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the group. It’s the first time a near-complete skull has been definitively ...

Mysterious Ancient Humans Now Have a Face. Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key?

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...