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In genetics, scientists must analyze the genomes of millions, if not billions, of people, each carrying millions of variants. It’s an unfathomable amount of data. Which leads us to another central ...

Two Michigan men have been charged after one of the men allegedly used the other to impersonate him in a court-ordered DNA ...

Mary Harris was strangled on April 28, 1988, in the hotel room where she’d been living. Police turned to Shawn Tanner, a part ...

The Harbin cranium, known as Dragon Man, is one of the most complete ancient skulls ever found and may represent a newly ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...

Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no Denisovan ancestry, showing that this lineage ...

The Jomon people living in prehistoric Japan had "little to no" Denisovan DNA, suggesting their ancestors may not have been in contact with this now-extinct group of Eurasian humans, a new study ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding events. However, the history of contact with Denisovans remains unclear. By ...

A fossil unearthed on Eastern Europe’s Crimean Peninsula has divulged the strongest genetic clues yet about Neandertals’ long-distance journeys into the heart of Asia. After identifying a bone ...

Your pet is your best friend, but how well do you really know them? By giving the gift of Embark’s dog DNA tests or investing in one for your own family, you’ll get to know your right-hand man, your ...

Based on ancient DNA methylation patterns, a portrait of a juvenile female Denisovan has been recreated. A decade ago, scientists excavating Denisova Cave in southern Siberia discovered fossils of a ...