In A Nutshell Scientists have identified a new spider species in Colombia named Pikelinia floydmuraria, after Pink Floyd and ...

Ancient DNA and protein analysis reveal that modern Old Irish Goats are closely related to Bronze Age populations. This ...

Using bone fragments, some no bigger than a finger, California State University, Northridge anthropologist Hélène Rougier and ...

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

The discovery of fossilised human remains in the Sahara Desert has marked a new era in research on the history of human ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

You probably have a member of your family that you’re not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom’s ...

Investigating questions of kinship, archaeologists discovered that treating non-blood relatives as family goes back to the ...