Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no Denisovan ancestry, showing that this lineage ...

Chumash peoples have spent decades standing up to those who falsely claim our identity and profit from our culture. A common argument we hear is, “Identity cannot be proven through colonial records.” ...

Abenaki leaders in Québec on Friday unveiled a fresh trove of genealogical research that they say proves specific members of Vermont-recognized tribes have no native heritage. Representatives from the ...

New genome study uncovers 133 previously unknown dementia-linked variants and shows how genetic risks vary across global populations, reshaping the path to personalized Alzheimer’s care. Study: ...

Ancestry has acquired the home-movies-and-photos digitizer service iMemories, a bet by the genealogy company that subscribers who spend their money on DNA kits and pour their time into building family ...

A study of prehistoric skeletons from the Italian Alps shows that society may have been organized around fathers and that Ötzi the Iceman had a unique family lineage. When you purchase through links ...

A new study finds the genetic backgrounds of people in the U.S. are "highly complex" and may differ from their self-defined racial or ethnic groups. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters. The applications of these ...

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far beyond ...

Your new favorite roleplaying game, Daggerheart, will soon be released into the world on May 20. If you’ve been trapped in a pocket dimension or been underground with the dwarves, we’ll remind you ...

Romulus and Remus are the genetically modified gray wolves that Colossal Biosciences endowed with traits of the extinct dire wolf. (Credit: Colossal Biosciences) Last week, Colossal Biosciences made ...