A bargain DNA test bought in a Black Friday sale didn’t just reveal ancestry — it exposed a long-buried family secret and ...

Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.

In a study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Steve Etches published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, the osteology ...

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

Cro Magnon has long been misunderstood, and this breakdown clarifies why the label is outdated and what modern anthropology ...