Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton has yielded the oldest known genome of the bacterium behind syphilis, revealing a lineage unlike ...

New research using ancient DNA has revealed that hunter-gatherer communities in parts of northwestern Europe survived far longer than previously believed — continuing their traditional way of life ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...