Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

A new study maps infectious diseases across millennia and offers new insight into how human-animal interactions permanently transformed our health landscape.

Researchers have mapped the spread of infectious diseases in humans across millennia, to reveal how human-animal interactions permanently transformed ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...