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

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

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

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

Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

Perhaps the most dire prediction right-wingers made in the first 15 years of this century was that legalizing marriage ...

Game of Thrones, the blockbuster HBO show based on George RR Martin's fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, first aired on ...

There are over 7 billion people living on the earth right now. Tens of millions are born and die each year. Every single one ...

Despite formal rejection as a geological epoch, it’s widely understood within academic research as useful shorthand for the age of human interference in the Earth system. Various dates have been ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Despite formal rejection as a geological epoch, it’s widely understood within academic research as useful shorthand for the age of human interference in the Earth system. Various dates have been ...

This video challenges the traditional academic timeline of human civilization, exploring evidence that suggests humans may have developed advanced societies far earlier than 6000 BC. From the ...