Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

A recent appearance by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Club Shay Shay ignited widespread discussion across social media ...

New DNA evidence shows that Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers interacted far more closely than previously thought, with women likely playing a crucial role in spreading farming across ...

For decades, the accepted explanation for the origins of the Japanese people was relatively straightforward. Modern Japanese ...

Western dislike of eating insects may be linked to ancient geography, genetics, and long-term diet patterns, not just culture ...

Ancient genomes from northwest Europe show that farming, foraging, migration, and marriage shaped prehistory in ways far more complex than earlier models suggested.

Ancient DNA reveals people traveled more than 435 miles along Peru’s coast centuries before the Inca Empire, reshaping ancient history.

A new review highlights how human evolution has shaped the presence of pathogenic variations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes, offering a new perspective on why modern populations face increased ...

Learn how ancient DNA traced a massive pre-Inca migration along Peru’s coast, and how communities preserved their cultural ...

New research is adding detail to a long-debated prehistoric turning point. The evidence points to crisis, movement and ...

Children from previous relationships growing up as siblings in a new family, couples adopting or fostering children: So-called patchwork families are a widespread way of life today. It is considered ...