Denisovans were a type of ancient human that for a long time were known only from their DNA and teeth. But recent fossil findings and analysis is now revealing what these people looked like and that ...

In a dark and unexplored cave in South Africa, one former daydreaming student found fossils that proved a new type of human being existed in the region.

In a study published today in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of ...

Ancient DNA, archaeology, linguistics, and historical evidence are combined to explore the possibility that all living humans descend from three ancient African hunter-gatherer populations that mixed ...

In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and ...

This is more than a record attempt,” Anita Lewis and Gwendolyn Ebron on their potentially record-breaking Black history lesson. Educators ...

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Join Maryam Hampton as she reveals her AncestryDNA results and explores her unique genetic makeup. As an African American, she discusses her journey to discover her ancestry, the DNA test process, and ...

An international team of researchers from Africa and the United States identified a newly described species of psychedelic mushroom that is the closest known wild relative of P. cubensis.

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

By Tetee Gebro, gender correspondent with New Narratives Summary: Human rights lawyer Tiawan Saye Gongloe says the Liberia National Police has not released the full DNA and investigative report that ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...