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

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

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

A study combining the growing number of ancient genomes with those of living people has given us our best picture yet of how humans have evolved over the past 10,000 years or so. It shows that people ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

The discovery of Homo Longi challenged long held ideas about human evolution. Known as Dragon Man, this ancient human did not fit existing categories. His skull revealed a unique mix of primitive and ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

Could a newly discovered fossil in Egypt fundamentally change everything scientists currently know about human evolution? Here's what we know so far about this remarkable find and its potential impact ...

UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of scientists discovered fossilized teeth. UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists discovered ...