WASHINGTON -- Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

Fungi are increasingly resistant to antifungals, and the variation in resistance has significantly increased. This is evident ...

Researchers have mapped the spread of infectious diseases in humans across millennia, to reveal how human-animal interactions permanently transformed ...

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...

While the exact causes of melanoma are unclear, ultraviolet (UV) light exposure and genetic changes can greatly increase your ...

DNA evidence found a connection between an man incarcerated in California and an attempted sexual assault from 2018, ...

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish ...

The death toll from the Sigachi Industries plant explosion has tragically risen to 40 with another victim succumbing to burn ...

On a floodplain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a shrinking pond, doomed to eventually dry up. Inside its murky waters swam a scaly blue creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about ...