These mice ended up with either a reduced tail or none at all. “For the first time, we propose a plausible scenario for the genetic mechanism that led to the loss of the tail in our ancestors.

Findings at Tinshemet Cave build on previous discoveries and add to growing understanding of the origins of human burial ...

Ancient Amazon people lived in ‘garden cities’, ate corn and raised ducks, archaeologists find - Human management of crops and animals in the Amazon area well pre-dated European colonisation ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...

By the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 3000 to 800 BCE), elk had become stylized symbols—possibly representing status, clan ...

Modern workouts often include music—but did you know the ancient Greeks and Romans also used rhythm to boost performance long ...

They tested the genomes of 180 ancient Uralic people, who lived 11,000-4,000 years ago across a huge area of Eurasia — mapping closely with the whole range of modern-day Russia and its neighbors.

Edmond Johnson, the last fluent speaker of an ancient Native American language, has died at age 95. The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced Johnson's death on July 14 and vowed to preserve the ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.