A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...

Scientist Turi King, who led one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history – identifying the remains of King Richard III – ...

In a devastating blow to Italian Americans all across the country, a new DNA study spanning 20 years claims that Christopher Columbus was a Jewish man ...

Someone’s DNA is simply an instruction manual for who they are and is not generally their “destiny”, an expert has said.

Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over ...

A decades-long investigation led by forensics scientist José Antonio Lorente from the University of Granada in Spain has now ...

In 2003, José Antonio Lorente, professor of forensic medicine at Granada University, and the historian Marcial Castro, ...

A groundbreaking new documentary titled Colón ADN. Su verdadero origen, which aired on RTVE, has reignited debate over the ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Western European Sephardic Jewish person, the group of people who were ...

Evolutionary molecular biologist Beth Shapiro on the hunt for ancient DNA and her groundbreaking de-extinction and ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes ... Sep. 16, 2024 — New ...