Archaeologists have analyzed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in 7th-century-AD cemeteries on the south coast of England, revealing that they both had recent ancestors, likely grandparents, ...

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. This ...

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 ...

Uncover 25 shocking new discoveries about our ancient human relatives. From Dragon Man to new Homo sapiens origins, rethink ...

Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, as a new DNA study traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern Mediterranean ...

For more than 150 years, archaeologists believed that in prehistoric societies, women did not hold leadership positions, but men made key decisions. However, a study published in the journal Live ...

In the closing keynote of GEN’s “The State of CRISPR & Genome Editing” virtual summit, originally broadcast on June 11, 2025, Beth Shapiro, DPhil, Chief Scientific Officer, Colossal Biosciences and ...

New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who lived in ...