The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

A new study, published by a team of geneticists, archaeologists, and historians, may have finally shed light on this ancient origin story. By analyzing the DNA of 370 individuals who lived across ...

Zarina Zabrisky explores the cultural and political tensions of a country caught in the crossfire of global conflict ...

The DoD has issued an update on "Prominent Hunt" training exercises for finding the perpetrators in the aftermath of a ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia ... to trace ancient population movements. Our new study has just been published in Nature. We analysed the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences ...

China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route, ancient ...

Scientists have used ancient DNA to help reconstruct 6,000 years of penguin history at the South Pole. The researchers found that Adélie penguins had taken over the habitat of southern elephant ...

New DNA research shows ... who specializes in the study of ancient populations, is making it possible to give a precise answer. The peoples of Europe and West Asia, as well as everyone descended ...