The discovery of fossilised human remains in the Sahara Desert has marked a new era in research on the history of human ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...

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The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Genomic analysis reveals squid and cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges, and later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern.

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Scientists have discovered an unknown human lineage in China dating back 11,000 years, revealing new details about early ...

A series of ancient DNA studies from sites across China has identified at least one previously unknown East Asian genetic ...

The results suggest these hunter-gatherers persisted and adapted to a warming world, rather than being quickly replaced by ...

In 1996, a human skull found in Arcata went unidentified. DNA testing has now identified the remains as Gregory Hugh Oliver, ...