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Ancient DNA suggests people settled South America in at least 3 waves

Genetic studies of ancient remains are filling in the picture of who the earliest Americans were and how they spread through the Americas long ago.

By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, November 09, 2018

a photo of a 50,000-year-old bone fragment

News in Brief | Ancestry

Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan

By Tina Hesman Saey | 1:00pm, August 22, 2018

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News | Ancestry

The ‘language gene’ didn’t give humans a big leg up in evolution

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, August 03, 2018

Experiences | Ancestry

What I actually learned about my family after trying 5 DNA ancestry tests

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:41pm, June 13, 2018

Feature | Ancestry

DNA testing can bring families together, but gives mixed answers on ethnicity

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:36pm, June 13, 2018

News | Ancestry

Genetic sleuthing again IDs a murder suspect in a cold case

By Tina Hesman Saey | 10:42am, May 23, 2018

Television | Ancestry

‘First Face of America’ explores how humans reached the New World

By Bruce Bower | 7:00am, January 22, 2018

Year in Review | Ancestry

The story of humans’ origins got a revision in 2017

By Bruce Bower | 8:29am, December 13, 2017

News in Brief | Ancestry

Mating with Neandertals reintroduced ‘lost’ DNA into modern humans

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:43pm, October 23, 2017

News in Brief | Ancestry

We’re more Neandertal than we thought

By Tina Hesman Saey | 5:30pm, October 10, 2017

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