Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

Scientists find the DNA of a 300,000-year-old horse in Schöningen, driven to extinction by hunting, next to a wooden spear ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration routes.

Bad guys beware: Your DNA is in the air. Scientists have discovered that human DNA can be easily found — allowing it to later be sequenced — virtually anywhere, from furniture to footprints and even ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

Scientists have broken the world record for sequencing DNA and they're already using the new tech to help care for newborns ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Boston startup Bystro AI believes the mail-in genetic tests used by millions to trace their ancestry could also help people ...

Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in ...