Genetic ancestry tests claim to trace your roots and connect you with ancient peoples—but experts say the science doesn’t ...

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...

John was abandoned as a newborn and grew up with no knowledge of where he came from. Then one Christmas that changed.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Denisovans were an extinct human group identified almost entirely through DNA rather than complete skeletons. First discovered in Siberia, their genetic legacy is still present in populations across ...