Scientists recover ancient DNA proving Yersinia pestis caused the Plague of Justinian, solving a 1,500-year mystery.

The key to unlocking this chapter of human history came from a computational tool called ... FitCoal analyzes the genetic patterns found in modern human DNA. The team studied the genomes of 3,154 ...

Horses have played a critical role in shaping human society, but scientists are still piecing together the story of their domestication.

A new study sheds light on genetic shifts that influenced anxiety and body shape, shaping modern horses’ bodies and behavior.

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest example of interbreeding between the two groups.

Looking at DNA at an arena turned into a mass grave at the epicenter of the outbreak, scientists found a familiar old foe.

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who ...

A Tennessee Republican senator is urging the Department of Homeland Security to implement DNA verification and fingerprinting ...