Archaeologists uncovered ancient Colombian remains that defy connection to modern or ancient populations, sparking new ...

Up to this point, we didn’t believe there was any other lineage that would appear in South America,” said archaeologist Andre ...

A new DNA study of ancient remains from Copán, Honduras, reveals deep links between the ancient Maya and modern-day ...

Tibetan people carry genes from northern East Asians but also from an unknown group – the “ghost” population – which some ...

It was already getting dark and I sat down to enjoy [the] sunset,” Berghuis said. “And then, right beside me, lay this fossil that reminded me so much of the only Dutch Neanderthal. This is a ...

A team has uncovered genetic evidence of a previously unknown population of early settlers in Colombia’s high plains, dating ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

New research published in Science reveals ancient human migration into the Americas occurred in multiple waves, not a single ...

The genetic origins and evolutionary adaptations of Tibetans have long intrigued researchers. Previously, scientists had ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study ...