The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Genetic sharing among evolutionary neighbors all happens through hybrids: the offspring produced when individuals from two ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

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More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.

The creation of Czechoslovakia and the Pittsburgh Agreement are events that spark joy among American Slovaks, hope that at ...

Colorado investigators have released a new forensic facial reconstruction as they seek the public’s help to identify a man ...

As DNA tests become more common, people who "feel" Jewish are discovering hidden ancestry and converting through American ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian stance, taking advantage of the anniversary of the ...