It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

A mitochondrial DNA study points to at least two waves of migration linking the Americas, China, and Japan- one during the ...

An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human. Now, scientists say they ...

Some victims who die under mysterious circumstances leave behind frustratingly few clues. That wasn't the case with the Somerton Man. When his body was discovered on a beach in South Australia in 1948 ...

A skeleton found in a 4,500-year-old ceramic pot has rewritten the history of Ancient Egypt. A DNA test on the man’s bones has upended how historians could view the rise of Ancient Egyptian ...