A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the first humans on Earth, who lived approximately 2.75 ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

New genetic research is overturning decades of accepted beliefs about where Guam’s ancient CHamoru people came from, ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, ...

Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus,evolved from the ...