Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

Paternity has become a key test of faith in this east African country as DNA testing becomes more widely available, fueled in ...

Advances in sequencing ancient DNA have revealed that over millenia, people have moved into new regions in successive waves, ...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA— Science Magazine reports that a genetic study conducted by an international team of researchers has ...

Ancient DNA analysis has unveiled a previously unknown group of people who resided near the land bridge connecting Asia and ...

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At 35 years old, one woman finally decided to take a leap of faith and search for her biological father, despite a lifetime of crippling self-doubt Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The ...

Decades after the deaths of Cynthia McKenna and Debra Stone, investigators say new forensic work proved both women were killed by men who are now deceased RI Office of the Attorney General Cynthia ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained more than 300 people across Oregon in October, according to Innovation Law Lab. "These detentions have been violent, warrantless, and have terrorized ...

LONDON (AP) — U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and revealed that he may have stabbed two other ...