A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the ...

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

Archaeologists and historians have known for decades that ancient Egyptians worshipped cats, but recent research has proven that the Pharaohs had an even more significant impact on the species than ...

Human history is written in DNA. Where our ancestors lived and who they loved—the story is right there if we can see into their genes. The trouble is that the ravages of climate and time degrade DNA, ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

Once cats became associated with people, they were moved around the world, prized as ship cats and pest controllers. Cats ...

Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine whether it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said Thursday. Zahi Hawass ...

People living on the ‘Swahili coast’ - the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa - have African and Asian ancestry according to new research on ancient DNA. Archaeologists believe that the results, ...