A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought ...

NEWS 31 August 2023 Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.

Modern Japanese people largely originated from three ancestral groups and carry ancient DNA that may influence their risk of developing certain diseases, genetic analyses suggest.