The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

A groundbreaking model from University of Bath says migration and culture—not the weather—kickstarted the age of agriculture ...

A new study challenges traditional views on humanity's shift from hunting and gathering to farming, highlighting early human ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has turned traditional thinking on its head by highlighting the role of human interactions during the shift from hunting ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

More than 33 million people identified as multiracial in 2020, a 276 percent increase from 2010 Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

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Genetic variation among human races can be observed in almost any trait, from the physical and biochemical, to disease resistance. What role do single nucleotide polymorphisms play in this?