Scientists turn to ancient DNA to understand the history of Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean also known as ...

Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population collapsed as a result of ...

In 2015, archaeologists discovered the remains of a Neanderthal in a cave in southern France. They nicknamed him “Thorin” after a dwarf character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. For the last nine ...

The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native Americans before Europeans arrived, despite ...

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the ...

Finding out about your heritage through at-home DNA testing has become a popular American pastime. In fact, according to one forecast, the DNA testing market generated more than $487 million in ...

Credit: Remih/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, according to a recent DNA study that traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern Mediterranean ...

Between 1550 and 30 B.C., many ancient Egyptian paintings and sculptures depicted men and women wearing small, conical adornments on top of their heads. The type of activities people did while ...

Virus-like particles from the glacier, with DNA stained by green dye, under a fluorescence microscope. Zhi-Ping Zhong, Sullivan Lab Ancient viruses escaping melting permafrost have previously ...