New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

Discoveries at a controversial southeastern archaeological site could potentially push back the timelines for human arrival in the Americas.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA profile unlike any other known to science. This unique genetic lineage, which has ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

Deep inside a handful of caves, scientists are pulling genetic secrets out of bones, teeth and even the surrounding dirt, and ...

Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, ...

Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...