Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago ...

A virus that infects nearly all children early in life has, in rare cases, been present within human DNA for thousands of ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown group of enigmatic ...

Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...