Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

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.

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Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

As families gear up for the latest entry in the Jurassic franchise, we spoke to the guy behind the de-extinction of the Dire Wolf to get his thoughts on the science in the new film.

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

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

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...