Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The ...

Investigators say DNA evidence, surveillance video and cellphone records led to Randall's arrest as he faces a first-degree murder charge.

DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. The findings do not prove ...

In another demonstration, the researchers performed the analysis on African populations, which only received Neanderthal and ...

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of ...

Hidden within the genomes of people alive today are fragments of DNA from two unidentified human ancestors. Researchers at UC ...

Ancient DNA from the Medici brothers' remains revealed a novel malaria strain, offering scientific proof against longstanding ...

But did our direct ancestors interbreed with other long-lost hominin lineages before the first major migrations out of Africa ...

According to the study, there were once more than 60 species of Honeycreepers in Hawaii that evolved from a single ancestor about 3 million years ago while the island of Oahu was first forming.

Smithsonian researchers have identified the genetic relationships among all Hawaiian honeycreeper species known to have ...

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

New research says ancient mummy DNA provides the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the ...