Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

“Redheads are not going extinct,” says Katerina Zorina-Lichtenwalter, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Behavioral ...