Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.

New genetic research is overturning decades of accepted beliefs about where Guam’s ancient CHamoru people came from, ...

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the ...