A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...

The nature of evolution -- Early hominins -- Origin of modern humans -- The exodus out of Africa -- The settlement of the Near East -- Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Hobbits -- Dispersals into India -- ...

New genetic research is overturning decades of accepted beliefs about where Guam’s ancient CHamoru people came from, ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus,evolved from the ...