NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry ...

A mysterious DNA marker is rewriting everything we thought we knew about how humans first reached the Americas. Haplogroup X, a rare maternal lineage found in both Europe and among Native American ...

DNA from ancient fossils in southern China has revealed that Native Americans may have roots in East Asia. Scientists compared the genetic information of the Late Pleistocene era fossils to those from ...

This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions. For 30 years, archaeologists have been digging at Jamestown, the first permanent British ...

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans. When you purchase through ...