Almost a third of the Spanish population have a non-Christian genetic heritage, according to a new study. Nearly 20 per cent of the present population of the Iberian peninsula has Sephardic Jewish ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

Berber explains that COVID-19 cases tend to peak during the summer. "Exactly why, we don't know," said Berber. "We're going to assume it's because people gather for parties.

An EHU study analyzing different genetic markers associated with facial features of the European population has shown a ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , according to ...

Many of the 234 people were hurt so badly, their families couldn’t even tell who they were. 48 of them had to be buried together in one grave. But now, because of a science called DNA technology ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the group. It’s the first time a near-complete skull has been definitively linked ...

Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no known ancestors or modern descendants. In a study published May 30 in the ...