For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

A new study suggests that inherited traits explain a small but measurable share of why some people relocate far from where ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising ...

An international research team has extracted genome-wide ancient DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummified women buried in a Libyan rock shelter, identifying a deeply divergent human lineage that appears ...

Ancient DNA studies show that between 6500 and 4000 BCE, descendants of western Anatolian farmers mix with local hunter-gatherers across Europe, leading to 70–100% ancestry turnover in most regions - ...

Modern DNA ancestry analysis is quietly reshaping our understanding of who the original Palestinians actually were—and the findings are inconvenient for ideologues on all sides. In finance, we speak ...

An ancient fragment of bone discovered in the Crimean cave of Starosele is changing what we think about how and where Neanderthals migrated. The fragment, now known as Star 1, turned out to be ...

Italian centenarians have a higher proportion of DNA inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers compared to the general population, according to a new study that could lead to better understanding of ...

Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many ...

Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming.

Ancient DNA shows hunter-gatherers in parts of Europe survived for millennia after Anatolian farmers introduced agriculture.

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...