The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

The history of humanity is an intricate tapestry, whose threads not only belong to our own species but intertwine with those ...

Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

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

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

Donald Lawless, a man originally from Ohio with a long criminal history, has been identified as the suspect in Marilyn Decker ...

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

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

Human remains found in an abandoned home in Georgia nearly four years ago have been identified by Othram, a forensic laboratory, as Christopher Lamont Williams ...