A new study published in Nature reveals that a distinct group of early humans lived in this region for at least 8,000 years, ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

A new genetic study has found Indigenous Australians travelled over two distinct routes, and 100 kilometres of open water, to ...

Genetic evidence shows humans reached Australia 60,000 years ago and may have encountered 'hobbits' along the way in ...

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 ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Sacrificial victims in mass burials were mostly male, while burial attendants for nobles or elites were overwhelmingly female, study finds Female sacrifice in China dates back thousands of years ...

DNA extracted from an ancient skeleton in a pot is a genetic mixture of two distinct worlds - ...

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever ...

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 ...