Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Ancient DNA is turning human prehistory into something startlingly intimate. Instead of a clean handoff from one species to another, the last 50,000 years look more like a long, tangled story of ...

Maddison, D. R., Ruvolo, M., and Swofford, David L. 1993. "Geographic Origins of human mitochondrial DNA: phylogenetic evidence from control region sequences ...

The nature of evolution -- Early hominins -- Origin of modern humans -- The exodus out of Africa -- The settlement of the Near East -- Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Hobbits -- Dispersals into India -- ...