Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

Learn how ancient DNA and tooth enamel are rewriting England’s medieval history and showing connections between climate ...

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

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

The DNA uncovered a complex ancient community with a startling family secret. In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze ...

A study traces the movement of pigs and how generations of island communities transported, traded, and released pigs over ...

New DNA study of 777 genomes found across southern Europe and west Asia redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans, sheds light ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...

Detailed studies of ancient DNA have provided important insights into the origins and history of infectious diseases. These studies have bettered the understanding of past human disease manifestations ...

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