Genetic research traced the ancestral homeland of Uralic people, whose descendants live in Russia, Hungary, Finland and ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

New evidence from an ancient cave reveals that 3,500 years ago, the first Pacific islanders made a remarkable 2,300km voyage ...

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East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

The journey capped off years of test models analyzing how ancient people in East Asia may have navigated through the powerful ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

Liam Gallagher has apologised to Asian fans for posting a racial slur, months before he heads to East Asia for the Oasis ...

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more ...