The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

Multiple groundbreaking studies are rewriting timelines of human evolution, from genetic adaptations over the last 10,000 ...

The research, part of the Indigenous American Genomic Diversity Project, combined newly sequenced genomes with existing databases to analyze a total of 199 contemporary Indigenous individuals from 53 ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Ancient DNA from a tomb near Paris reveals a shocking prehistoric reset: one population vanished and was replaced by ...

A landmark study analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient genomes from West Eurasia has revealed that natural selection accelerated sharply after humans adopted farming. Researchers identified 479 gene ...

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

The findings suggest a sharp reduction in the local population followed by the arrival of entirely new groups from the south. The burial site itself spans the period from approximately 3200 to 2450 BC ...

A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...