Homo sapiens was basically infected by these viruses for all of its existence," the scientist added. As per the outlet, ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these lands—a 1.4-million-year-old fossil ancestor discovered in Spain in March 2025 ...

When Matthias Meyer began studying the ancient DNA in the 400,000 year old fossils he found in the Sima de los Huesos, or Pit of Bones cave, deep beneath the Atapuerca mountains in Spain, he was ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played a vital role in helping Indigenous ancestors adapt as they migrated into ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

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

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

Learn more about the hidden molecules uncovered in animal fossils from an ancient human site, and the new view they give us ...