Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Neanderthals mated with modern humans and passed along a gene variant that enables us to pack on more muscle, a new study finds. Researchers found that this specific ...

UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

The discovery comes from Üçağızlı II Cave, a site near one of the most important migration routes in human history. The ...

Genetic evidence suggests modern humans inherited material from previously unidentified 'ghost', 'super-archaic' populations ...

In a new Science study, scientists read the family tree buried inside modern genomes and turned up “ghost ancestors” in every ...

A new method of analyzing modern humans' DNA is revealing secrets about our extinct ancestors.

New research has identified two sections of the human genome we seem to have inherited from ancient human lineages we know very little about.

A fter gathering a bunch of mouse cells in the lab, scientists genetically tweaked them to produce a Neanderthal variant of a ...

In theory, capitalism rewards hard work, imagination, and enterprise. In practice, it often rewards those who already possess ...