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

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...

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

Different histories of contact with Denisovans in East Asia: While the ancestors of mainland East Asians met Denisovans ...

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

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

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 ...

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.