Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle. In recent years, scientists studying human DNA identified genetic signals ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding between female Neanderthals and human males was less common than the opposite ...

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

New genomic research suggests our species descended from a deep fusion between two ancient lineages — one of them a mysterious “ghost.” ...

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

Over the last 20 years, genetic research has changed dramatically. An explosion of genomic data has reshaped how we understand our past. Scientists have collected genetic material from hundreds of ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

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