All life is connected in a vast family tree. Every organism exists in relationship to its ancestors, descendants, and cousins ...

For decades, the story of human evolution has been like a sprawling family tree with many missing branches. We've known about Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans, but fossil records ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.

A discovery in a cave in the Altai Mountains reveals a mysterious branch of the human family tree. The Denisovans are a human relative discovered just over a decade ago. The DNA from the very ...

He agreed that the name Juluren may help researchers better contextualize the fossils, offering a clearer picture of their place within the human family tree. This discovery added to the growing ...

One of the method's applications is to give a more complete sense of human ancestry, says Gideon Bradburd, U-M professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. For example, when you send your DNA ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.

Lost branch of the human family tree The individuals who called the cave in Ranis home were among the first Homo sapiens to live in Europe.