Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

The “warm” data in the middle, such as your old photos, can take a few seconds to retrieve. Most data is cold, and a lot of ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

The idea that trauma and violence can have repercussions into future generations should help people be more empathetic,” ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA, causing the fish to mutate and opening the door for myriad viruses to infect their ...

Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than ...

That radiation was potentially strong enough to break apart DNA. "But we're not biologists ... which might have impacted virus evolution in the lake, too. This is interesting as Lake ...