A new study published in Nature reveals that a distinct group of early humans lived in this region for at least 8,000 years, ...
Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown ancient lineage of humans living in Argentina, shedding light on the ...
What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study ...
Genetic evidence shows humans reached Australia 60,000 years ago and may have encountered 'hobbits' along the way in ...
A new genetic study has found Indigenous Australians travelled over two distinct routes, and 100 kilometres of open water, to ...
Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...
Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...
The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.
The textbook assumption is that when the first modern humans arrived in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, they quickly evolved ...