Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ...

Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, ...

A new study from the HistoGenes project, of which Patrick Geary, professor emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, is ...

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old grape seeds from ancient wells in Tuscany have mapped the most extensive genetic history ...

Learn how ancient genomes from post-Roman Hungary reveal that northern Europeans moved into Pannonia without fully replacing ...

A treasure trove of prehistoric squirrel poop is painting a picture of a lost world. Some of the oldest DNA ever discovered ...

A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible.

The remains of Ötzi the Iceman, who died 5,300 years ago, contain ancient microbes that are still alive, new research finds.

DNA preserved in 700,000-year-old squirrel droppings uncovered mammoths and other species, providing a detailed view of an ...

Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of ...

A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small ...