A new scientific study is uncovering unprecedented details about the lives and genetics of extinct human relatives. An international team of researchers has determined the biological sex of an ...

Using cutting-edge DNA analysis, scientists have uncovered the true identity of an ancient human relative nicknamed the "Dragon Man." The mystery began with a giant, human-like skull discovered by a ...

A facial reconstruction using a 3D scan of the skull Caroline Wilkinson / Liverpool John Moores University. During the third millennium B.C.E., a man was buried in a sealed ceramic pot in the Egyptian ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ruling the Earth. While such claims challenge the boundaries of ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Experts have uncovered traces of a mysterious ancient human population in Colombia that once lived there. The South American country of Colombia, located in the north of the continent, is based upon ...

(CNN) — The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient ...

Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery resolves a ...