New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

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Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...