From sandy beaches to hospital rooms, humans are leaving their DNA behind everywhere they go, scientists have found. Researchers analysed samples gathered from the environment in the US and Ireland, ...

Modern medicine’s ability to keep us alive makes it tempting to think human evolution may have stopped. Better healthcare disrupts a key driving force of evolution by keeping some people alive longer, ...

The Pit of Bones has yielded one of the richest assemblages of human bones from this era The discovery of DNA in a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone will open up a new frontier in the study of our ...

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

DNA contained inside ancient jewellery is opening a window into the lives of our prehistoric ancestors. A new technique allows researchers to extract the DNA of people who have handled bone artefacts, ...