A federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

After two years of discussions, the collaboration settled on a plan of research, and the ancient DNA specialists were given access to both ancient skeletons at Picuris Pueblo, as well as samples from ...

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

A tomb was uncovered in Peru and revealed the 5,000-year-old remains of a 'high-status' woman belonging to the ancient Caral civilization in a former city dump. Other artifacts were found as well.

We ventured into a cave that had been sealed for thousands of years – and what we found was astonishing. Inside, we uncovered ...