As human groups migrated and settled across Holocene Eurasia, dogs often traveled with them, researchers report in a new genomic study – and sometimes dogs were traded among populations. The study ...

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

Pigs have spread across some of the most formidable natural barriers on Earth, appearing on islands where most mammals never arrived. From Southeast Asia to remote Pacific islands, they exist on both ...

In their new study an international team led by the University of Vienna reports the discovery and extraction of ancient DNA from a tiny 5 cm long Neanderthal bone found in the Crimean peninsula, ...

Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

"From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor. They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA." — Prof ...