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News Ancestry
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
Tina Hesman Saey
Experiences | Ancestry
What I actually learned about my family after trying 5 DNA ancestry tests
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:41pm, June 13, 2018
Michael Douglas
Feature | Ancestry
DNA testing can bring families together, but gives mixed answers on ethnicity
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:36pm, June 13, 2018
Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook
News | Ancestry
Genetic sleuthing again IDs a murder suspect in a cold case
By Tina Hesman Saey | 10:42am, May 23, 2018
scuba diver
Television | Ancestry
‘First Face of America’ explores how humans reached the New World
By Bruce Bower | 7:00am, January 22, 2018
CT scans of Homo sapiens fossils
Year in Review | Ancestry
The story of humans’ origins got a revision in 2017
By Bruce Bower | 8:29am, December 13, 2017
Neandertal skull and human skull
News in Brief | Ancestry
Mating with Neandertals reintroduced ‘lost’ DNA into modern humans
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:43pm, October 23, 2017
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News in Brief | Ancestry
We’re more Neandertal than we thought
By Tina Hesman Saey | 5:30pm, October 10, 2017
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