Studies of human population history have the goal of finding out what happened in our past, in terms of population origins, migrations, relationships, admixture and changes in population size ...

Scientists believe that 300,000 years ago in Lower Saxony, Homo heidelbergensis shared space with a now-extinct species of ...

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed ...

Professor Willerslev added: "Over the past decade human history has been fundamentally changed thanks to ancient genomic analysis -- and the incredible findings have only just begun." ...

Genomic analysis of ancient remains help to shed light on the identity and behavior of past peoples leading to deeper insights into the population and cultural history of the Americas.

The human story – where we come from and how we evolved – got a new chapter in 2021.

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe to North America? After years of uncertainty, a new discovery might just ...

The human story – where we come from and how we evolved – got a new chapter in 2021.

Life How ancient proteins are untangling humanity's family tree We can't extract DNA from some of the most perplexing ancient human fossils.

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ruling the Earth. While such claims challenge the boundaries of ...

Ancient microbiota information represents a vital resource to study bacterial evolution and explore the biological spread of chronic diseases throughout history.