A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

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

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

New research sheds light on Denisovans: chronology of Denisova Cave, sedimentary DNA, and genetic legacy in Asia and Oceania.

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering ...

The bones are cleaned to remove dirt and surface contamination. Next, each bone sample is ground into a fine powder that is mixed with chemical reagents. The goal is to release the human DNA into ...