Researchers found human DNA in the bark and believe it belongs to the first set of humans who settled in Scandinavia over 10,000 years ago, according to Phys. It is the oldest human DNA ever ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Israel has unveiled a 140,000-year-old fossil that reshapes our understanding of early human ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital role in gene expression.

DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

The discovery helps support a larger idea: that DNA from ancient viruses has not only survived inside our cells but evolved into tools our bodies now use. In fact, at least 8% of the human genome ...

The oldest human remains in Oceania date back 50,000 to 60,000 years, making them older than some of the earliest human sites in Europe. Study author Mayukh Mondal in Tartu.

Protein evidence reveals hidden variation in P. robustus. The species may be more complex than once believed. For close to a ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is ...