Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there. The Takarkori rock shelter — situated in southwestern Libya’s Tadrart Acacus ...

The 2.4-million-year-old environmental DNA fragments collected from permafrost in northern Greenland unlock insights into an ancient ecosystem. Katherine Irving is an intern at The Scientist. She ...

But what happened to the people who stayed behind? New research, based on skeletons found in southwest Libya, is helping to answer this question. Ancient DNA from the Takarkori rock shelter has ...

Traces of Denisovan DNA found in present-day people suggest the ancient species likely once lived across much of Asia, and the recent discovery of Denisovan fossils from outside their namesake ...

Our new study has just been published in Nature. We analyzed the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences) of nine individuals ...

She began her career in ancient DNA at the University of Oxford, working alongside fellow researcher Eske Willerslev, who is best known for retrieving 2-million-year-old DNA from ancient sediments ...

The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb ... Reich’s team sequenced DNA from the bones or teeth of 9 individuals from eastern Maghreb archaeological sites, who lived ...

Scientists have used ancient DNA to help reconstruct 6,000 years of penguin history at the South Pole. The researchers found that Adélie penguins had taken over the habitat of southern elephant ...