Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

Ancient DNA reveals that Neanderthals, Denisovans and early Homo sapiens frequently interbred, creating unique genetic combinations that influenced survival and adaptation. Sad update in latest search ...

A newly published genetic study has revealed that Japan’s prehistoric Jomon population had little to no DNA from the mysterious Denisovans. This contrasts sharply with other ancient East Asian groups, ...

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 ...

Helena Malmström, Researcher at Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, sampling at the Florisbad research station using the mobile clean lab. In southern Africa, a group of people lived ...

The DNA of ancient individuals dating to between 10,000 and 150 years ago reveals the existence of a long-standing, yet previously uncharacterized, lineage in the Southern Cone of South America — a ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

Laurent Frantz receives funding from the European Research Council, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Greger Larson and Lachie Scarsbrook do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

Important, previously unrecognized genetic changes common to all ancient and modern Homo sapiens spread in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, a new study finds. After that, the same investigation ...