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 ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

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 ...

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The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

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 ...

Each cell in a plant, animal, or person contains millions, or even billions, of DNA base pairs—molecules connected by hydrogen bonds that are the building blocks of DNA. These base pairs collectively ...

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 ...

Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...