The mummies are thought to be from a never-before-seen population living in remote Africa around 7,000 years ago.

More than 7,000 years ago, during the African Humid Period, the Sahara was lush and green. A human population lived […] ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a ...

This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who’ve used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data.