In his latest book, the scientist explores paradoxes of human identity, such as people who not only look alike, but also share similar tastes and attitudes. He also discusses the dangers of defining w...

Ancient pathogen DNA from animals elucidates the origin and evolution of infectious diseases

This is the first release of metAaRCive, containing 1518 complete entries. metAaRCive: Overview metAaRCive is a resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of AaRC...

Ancient Homo erectus teeth from China yield protein variants seen in Denisovans—and us

The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human

Treponematosis, a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies and T. carateum (yaws, bejel, syphilis, pinta), has afflicted humans for millennia. Despite paleopathological evidence and...

The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...

The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier.

Two new studies dig into the long, curving path that cats took toward domestication

Analysis of ancient DNA rewrites origin story of domestic cats

The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...