The enigma surrounding Peru's notorious "conehead" mummies has taken a dramatic new twist after the latest DNA testing failed to shed light on their true origins - fueling speculation of a possible ...

If you’ve ever spit into a tube and mailed it to a DNA testing company, there’s a chance you handed the government more than your ethnic breakdown and a surprise second cousin. According to a ...

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic legacy shows that our evolutionary past was shaped by repeated mixing ...