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

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

Scientists have shed light on the true origins of the so-called "first black Briton". The skeletal remains - dating from ...

Around 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the Bronze Age, a mass migration of peoples from the grasslands of the Eurasian steppe poured into Europe. Called the Yamnaya, these horse herders introduced ...

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

(CNN) — The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings ...

Scientists provide fresh insights on the origins of life, presenting compelling evidence supporting the 'RNA World' hypothesis. The study unveils an RNA enzyme that can make accurate copies of other ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the small Roman town. Nearly 2000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius (Campania, Italy) erupted ...