Learn how mapping gene-control switches in an ancient sea anemone reveals how identical DNA can produce many different cell ...

Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site.

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

The identity of a Roman-era individual found in southern England has finally been resolved after scientists at the Natural ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

( NewsNation) — Tanning beds cause melanoma -linked DNA damage across nearly the entire surface of the skin, a new study found. The precise biological process behind the increased risk of melanoma ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...