For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs.

Ancient genomes from northwest Europe show that farming, foraging, migration, and marriage shaped prehistory in ways far more ...

Long-distance migration along Peru's Pacific coast began at least 800 years ago, centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire ...

In 2015, a team of geneticists cracked open the genomes of 69 ancient Europeans and found something that upended centuries of folklore: the people living in Bronze Age Europe were not simply the ...

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

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Ancient DNA reveals how family bonds helped Andean communities survive climate crisis, disease, and the pressures of early ...

Experts compared DNA from 49 skeletons buried in a cemetery in St. Mary's City to genetic data shared by 11.5 million 23andMe users. They also identified a skeleton that be the remains of the colony's ...

A new study into dingo DNA has found many animals previously considered to be purebred actually have domestic dog genetics.

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced whole ...