By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

The Reiff family was grieving the death of their beloved dog, Rufus, when they adopted Ziggy — and a DNA test found he was ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has rewritten our understanding of early medieval England, revealing that two individuals buried in seventh-century cemeteries had recent West African ancesto ...

Scientists know little about Denisovans, a now-extinct relative of humans. But a gene inherited from these hominins may have ...

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

A chilling discovery in Robertson County is breathing new life into a nearly 20-year-old cold case. Investigators say a human ...