Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

Subtle genomic variations between humans and Neanderthals provide clues to how DNA shapes our facial features.

Major Scientific Expansion Provides the Most Detailed Look at African Ancestry on the Market, Helping to Bypass Historical ...

A new study released on Wednesday found that humanity's first kiss occurred roughly 21 million years ago, predating humans.

Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes, according to the ...

I have spent years covering discoveries that nudge our origin story around the edges, but the sequencing of DNA from one of the very last Neanderthals does something different: it rewrites the center ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...