Something had to diverge from the trunk eventually.

Biologists have long drawn the animal family tree with a hazy base, unsure which creature first split from the common ancestor that gave rise to everything from jellyfish to humans. Now, a new genomic ...

From humans and dinosaurs to starfish and seagrass, every animal, plant, and fungus on Earth appears to trace its origins back to a single strange clan of microbes known as the Asgard archaea. In a ...

"We don’t have to just live with the memories of our ancestors," writes author Beronda L. Montgomery. "We can physically ...

Investigators in Ephrata, Lancaster County, are working to identify human remains found in Jonathan Gerlach's home and storage locker, with some dating back to the 1800s, using forensic genealogy.

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Smaller cats had a few advantages. They need less food. Plus, they’re spry. Massive lions are successful hunters just 20% of the time. But African wildcats bring down a whopping 60% of their prey.

Thousands of global Scots are using the Big Y‑700 DNA test to uncover clan ancestry, confirm deep Scottish roots and spark emotional journeys ...

If you're thinking of taking an ancestry DNA test as "a bit of fun", experts warn there is the risk of uncovering more than ...

The fossilized lower jawbones of two adults and a toddler, as well as teeth, a thigh bone, and some vertebrae, were unearthed in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco.

It takes time to absorb all the social justice messages in “The Soundtrack of Black Resistance,” an 18-foot-long artwork ...