The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle. In recent years, scientists studying human DNA identified genetic signals ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

When Matthias Meyer began studying the ancient DNA in the 400,000 year old fossils he found in the Sima de los Huesos, or Pit of Bones cave, deep beneath the Atapuerca mountains in Spain, he was ...

Prehistoric sexual proclivities helped to shape the human genome, according to a study 1 of genetic material from three female Neanderthal specimens. The analysis suggests that female Homo sapiens and ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Compared with human-specific transcriptional factors, human-specific lncRNAs identified upon human lncRNAs’ orthologs in mammals have greatly evolved DNA-binding sites in archaic and modern humans in ...

Even if you’re paying only for an ancestry test, many consumer-oriented genetic testing companies can analyze biomedical markers in your DNA, as well. 1 And it’s becoming more and more evident that ...

Whether you want to authenticate well-loved family stories or are unaware of your family history and need a place to start, personal DNA testing has never been easier. At-home DNA tests are a popular ...