For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...

Research on ancient DNA is surging, but how can scientists ensure that human remains of irreplaceable significance are ...

Studying ancient history means encountering some unsettling traditions. For me, that included learning about “sunjang,” a ...

An analysis of blood samples has found that children who were exclusively breastfed for at least the first three months carry ...

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...

A new study suggests that a single blood sample could soon detect multiple cancers, including liver, stomach, and lung cancer ...