DNA reveals that in prehistoric China, men remained in their community, while women joined new family lineages.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a ...

A genomic study encompassing more than 300 genomes spanning the last 50,000 years has revealed how a single wave of Neandertal gene flow into early modern humans left an indelible mark on human ...

A team of 91 researchers—including famed geneticist Eske Willerslev at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Center, University of Copenhagen—has discovered a Bronze Age genetic divergence connected to ...

Understanding historical human migrations and genetic admixtures provides key insights into the formation of modern ...

Did the early Australians really tread the continent 65,000 years ago, or does their genetic history tell a different story? The intersection of ancient DNA and archaeology is reshaping this ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters. The applications of these ...