A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

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"I asked my very experienced boss if he had ever seen that before, and he hadn't. So, I asked if he thought she was still ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

HICKORY, N.C. — The only person ever convicted in the murder of 10-year-old Zahra Baker will finish up her sentence in North ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the ancient 'Dragon Man', confirming that this 146,000-year-old skull belonged to a member of the Denisovans.

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...