(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 ...

A team of scientists has combined modern and ancient genomes to build a new “genealogy of everyone,” in an achievement that sets the groundwork for future studies into our evolution and global spread.

Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains, Siberia is where the first evidence of Denisovans was found. (rusak/iStock/Getty Images ...

With Earth Day on the horizon, customers at The Human Bean will find plenty of ways to celebrate farmers and flavors from around the globe. Springtime specialty drink specials are returning to ...

Excitement when I read the headline: “Humanity’s upright gait may have roots in trees.” Disappointment when I read the theory: A new analysis of apes’ wrist bones suggests that a two-legged stride ...

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.

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