A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's ...

Learn more about the hidden molecules uncovered in animal fossils from an ancient human site, and the new view they give us ...

Today, sequencing machines can decode up to a hundred million times more DNA than their early predecessors. Where the first ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port ...

Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site.

Ancient wolves found on a human-occupied Baltic island reveal unexpected and complex forms of prehistoric human-animal interaction. Researchers have uncovered wolf remains dating back thousands of ...

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the ...

The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...