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

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

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

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

Digesting starch — a type of carbohydrate — is a crucial part of how we derive energy from food. New research published ...

New research examines how early humans evolved to eat carbohydrates by studying the duplication of a certain gene that helped ...

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

ISTANBUL –The latest study reveals that the salivary amylase gene may have duplicated as early as 800,000 years ago, long ...

It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

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

They say their discovery points to the gene having originated in Neanderthal man ... through the generations and become so common among people in Britain. They concluded the mutation was older ...