Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

"I never truly felt a sense of belonging within my family, in some ways, I've always been very physically different from everyone else," Valerio told Newsweek.

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

A woman murdered in a 1980s double homicide case has been identified after over three decades. as Sheila Cummings.

Former Army member and trained survivalist Travis Decker remains at large one month after allegedly murdering his three young ...

Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

Police have arrested a Denver woman wanted in a 16-year-old cold case involving the death of a newborn girl in Northern ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...