Vitamins got their name in the early 1900s when London-based Polish biochemist Casimir Funk—one of many scientists seeking ...

During the last Ice Age,roughly between 26,000 and 19,000 years ago, the Earth was dramatically different from today. Vast ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...