According to a statement released by the University of New Mexico, researchers led by Pere Gelabert and Victoria Oberreiter ...

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

Somewhere in the frozen plains of southwestern Russia, a 40-foot circle of mammoth bones and tusks has stood for over 24,000 ...

Yamnaya artifacts from their homeland in Russia and Ukraine include a four-foot-tall anthropomorphic stela from 3000 B.C. featuring axes and horses. Thirty-two years ago the study of the DNA of ...

Ancient DNA studies provide critical insights into human evolution and extinct species, leveraging advanced techniques to analyze degraded genetic material.

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. When TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation portray DNA processing in the forensic lab, the results appear instantly with a DNA match ...

We also know about their genetic make-up, as several Neanderthal genomes have now been reconstructed from ancient DNA obtained from their fossils. Together with an Asian people known as Denisovans, ...