(CNN) — Researchers have used genetics to create the largest human family tree ever made, allowing individuals to find out who their distant ancestors were and where they lived, as well as exactly how ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

It’s long past time to stop thinking of humanity’s nearest relatives as forming a family tree. Our close relatives like the Neanderthals and Denisovans clearly interbred both with us and each other.

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

A new study by researchers at Yale and George Washington University examines the human threats to the amphibian family tree and calls for a rethinking of conservation priorities to preserve species ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Using crowdsourced data from a social genealogy site, a team of geneticists put together a family tree that includes 13 million people. Researchers used this behemoth of a family tree to investigate ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Last week, strong winds toppled a beloved tree in front of the St. Francis Cathedral. Now that the tree is gone – the area has turned into an archeological site. Father Timothy ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Human remains have been found at Joshua Tree National Park in California, the National Park Service announced Saturday. Park authorities were alerted to the possible presence of ...

Human remains found in a remote and rocky section of California's Joshua Tree National Park sparked an investigation by the National Park Service and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, a ...

Human skeletal remains were discovered last week at Joshua Tree National Park in California after park researchers found a backpack that belonged to a hiker missing since May, officials said Tuesday.

If Californians ever wondered how the state’s most majestic open spaces would fare without adult supervision, the partial federal government shutdown is offering a grim picture. At Joshua Tree ...