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

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA profile unlike any other known to science. This unique genetic lineage, which has ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

The human genome is made up of about three billion pairs of DNA units called nucleotides. Olena_T via Getty Images Scientists at Google DeepMind—the company’s artificial intelligence research arm—say ...

Find out what are the key reasons we need to broaden the sample size of the original map of human DNA created by the Human Genome Project. Clinical drug trials have historically had a much higher rate ...

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes. Occasionally, they crossed paths, and when they did, they left traces of their ...