A mitochondrial DNA study points to at least two waves of migration linking the Americas, China, and Japan- one during the ...

People with certain forms of the MC4R gene have lower cholesterol levels than do other individuals with a high body-mass ...

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone can be detected in skeletons over 1000 years old, offering a way to identify ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

Traces of the unknown new genome were detected in two teeth and a finger bone of a Denisovan, which was discovered in a Siberian cave. There is not much data available about the appearance of ...

Officials confirmed human remains found in a remote wooded area of Washington state last week were those of Travis Decker, the former U.S. Army soldier wanted for the deaths of his three daughters. In ...

The findings suggest that the acquisition of the modern NOVA1 variant may have protected us from the detrimental effects of ...