Africa has the greatest human genetic diversity and the hunter-gatherers of southern Africa represent some of the oldest known genetic lineages. They can therefore reveal more about where and when we ...

A growing number of people are uncovering royal links through DNA testing, and these 35 surnames are strongly tied to ...

"My twin brother and his wife decided to do an Ancestry DNA test together for fun. Imagine his surprise when, at the age of ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through ...

A new study explores how ancient southern African populations, isolated for nearly 100,000 years, developed distinct genetic ...

The first study to examine the extent of European ancestry biases in gene maps reveals tens of thousands of genetic ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Certain men face a far greater risk of prostate cancer – yet many will still not be routinely offered testing under new ...

When the first modern humans set their eyes on what is now Australia and New Guinea, they weren’t looking at the islands we ...