Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...

A Neolithic monument with two Islamic burials that took into account the design of the dolmen reveals how the ancient ...

DNA reveals burials inside one of Europe’s largest Neolithic monuments, showing Spain’s Menga dolmen stayed sacred for ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called 'junk' DNA—includes many of the "switches" that control when and ...

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

Mosquitoes carry DNA from dozens of animals, creating tiny “libraries” of wildlife. Researchers show these insects could ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...

John was abandoned as a newborn and grew up with no knowledge of where he came from. Then one Christmas that changed.

David Ring, who was born in South Korea, never expected to learn his half-sister has been living only states away.