June 13th might seem like just another summer day, but history says otherwise. From royal marriages that sparked political chaos to landmark Supreme Court decisions that changed how justice works in ...

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

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 ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Ancient DNA reveals a sudden population collapse and replacement in Europe 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic decline.

Bigfooting is a specific activity within the Bigfoot believer communities. Rather than being antagonistic to science, they ...

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The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years—5,000 years earlier ...