The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The research reveals how targeting the KMT2D gene could help correct oral disorders and prevent craniofacial birth defects.

People with poor mental health face many challenges. One that's perhaps lesser known is that they're more likely than the ...

Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

In March, he received the prestigious American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) Joseph Lister ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

A crazed groundhog sunk its teeth into two out-of-towners this week, and officials in northern New Jersey confirm the animal ...

The big sky country of the western North America is a world-renowned dinosaur playground. Household-name dinosaurs like ...

The small-bodied hominin, named Homo luzonensis, lived on the island of Luzon at least 50,000 to 67,000 years ago. The hominin—identified from a total of seven teeth and six small bones—hosts ...

When piecing together the cultural practices of ancient humans, traditional archaeologists rely on clues from artifacts such ...