In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

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

New research shows human language evolved through ancient genetic systems that regulate genes, challenging the previous idea.

Research on ancient DNA is surging, but how can scientists ensure that human remains of irreplaceable significance are ...

Scientists in Germany have been able to get enough DNA from a fossilized pinky to produce a high-quality DNA sequence of the pinky's owner. "It's a really amazing-quality genome," says David Reich of ...

A landmark study of nearly 16,000 ancient and modern genomes from West Eurasia reveals that human evolution accelerated over ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little Foot’s face, however, has long eluded characterization—the fossil’s skull was smashed in after an estimated 3.67 million ...

NEW YORK — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why. A new genetic ...

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The site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (GBY), along the ancient shores of Lake Hula in northern Israel, represents an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 430,000-year-old wooden tool from Greece, top, that may have been used for digging and various angles of the tool, below.