By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...