A new study maps 40,000 years of Denisovan and human interbreeding, showing how ancient DNA spread, faded, and shaped ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the first humans on Earth, who lived approximately 2.75 ...

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...