Genomic study reveals that an ancient indigenous population in Argentina kept its independent genetic identity, despite being ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

An area called the central Southern Cone in South America, which consists of a large part of Argentina, is known to be one of ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious and previously-unknown population that flourished in present-day Argentina for ...

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

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 ...

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives—or even your ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still ...

Across the South Pacific, tucked between rainforests and volcanic mountains, Papua New Guinea holds one of the most genetically unique populations in the world. Long isolated from the rest of humanity ...