Ancient DNA reveals women brought farming knowledge to hunter-gatherer communities in Belgium and Netherlands gradually.

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

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

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...

DNA analysis confirms siblings in a rare Anglo‑Saxon double burial are siblings, revealing a poignant family tragedy from early medieval Gloucestershire.

Ancient DNA analysis of a 1,400-year-old double burial in Cherington, Gloucestershire, has confirmed the remains belong to a ...

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