A new study shows that our ability to digest carbs long predates the agricultural revolution, and even Neanderthals had ...

Analyzing the genomes of 68 ancient humans, including a 45,000-year-old sample from Siberia, the researchers found that ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry ...

Research indicates that our capacity to process starches, crucial for consuming foods like bread, originated over 800,000 ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 ...

The conclusions are tentative, but it’s possible our closest relatives relied too much on the advantage gravity gave them.

In this tricky comic thriller, a female American secret agent infiltrates a rural French commune of environmental terrorists ...

The acclaimed writer's new book is as erudite as its predecessors, but it’s less self-conscious — funnier and freer.

Sky-gazers won't want to miss the event since it may be the last time the comet will be seen in the night sky for another ...

These genetic imprints, originating from an era of interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals, subtly impact present-day humans, underscoring an ancient mingling of genetics. As modern humans ...

For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...