A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The massive project will likely take decades to complete, but it has significant oversight built into it to ensure it remains ...

New research has found that a skull from a mysterious human relative nicknamed “Dragon Man” belongs to an extinct archaic ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively ...

It seems that every few weeks a new study expands our understanding of how Neandertal DNA affects modern human health and physiology. Researchers have found that some Neandertal DNA makes carriers ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...