A guide to hiking in the footsteps of the Guanches, the ancient people of Tenerife, and exploring this largest of the Canary ...

In a groundbreaking discovery using DNA technology, Chinese scientists have found evidence of a prehistoric matrilineal ...

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

The scientists that discovered the remains in China believe the DNA can play a big part in unlocking the history of Tibet.

These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

Where the hot and sweltering tropical valleys and bleached coastlines of Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago meet, archaeologists and geneticists have excavated, and resurrected, ancient hum ...

A new analysis of ancient DNA reveals a previously unknown lineage of hunter-gatherers who lived in what is now Colombia.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

Ancient DNA Used to Map Evolution of Fever-Causing Bacteria May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever ...

DNA synthesis is the biological process by which a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule is created. In the cell, each of the two strands of the DNA molecule acts as a template for the synthesis of ...