Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could ...

On June 19—the 162nd anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation—elected officials, educators, and community members ...

Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...

Hansen's Disease, more commonly known as leprosy, is a chronic disease that can lead to physical impairment. Today it exists ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

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

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

“Ancient DNA has become a great tool that allows us to dig deeper into diseases that have had a long history in the Americas”, says Kirsten Bos, group leader for Molecular Paleopathology at the Max ...

The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the U of A recently named the 2025 recipients of its annual outstanding teaching and research faculty awards, including: ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...