Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

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A large ancient DNA study reveals that early humans in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation for at least 200,000 ...

A new ancient DNA study argues that the familiar house cat is a relative latecomer, carried from North Africa into Europe ...