This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ...

Week 7 of the 2025 NFL regular season is underway. The seventh week of the 2025 NFL regular season is highlighted by the ...

An international team of biologists, including those at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, have discovered that the ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

The DNA belonged to an extinct horse genus and is the oldest genome ever collected from an open-air site. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: ...

But life doesn’t exactly stop there. In fact, the professionals found that the maximum age a human female is likely to live ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

A study reveals the secrets behind the rodent’s remarkable ability to live 10 times longer than expected, without cancer or ...