For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

Ella Al-Shamahi explores the complexities of our past by meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a new ...

Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread between animals and humans across Eurasia.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.