In the north, distinctive lineages such as M27, M28, and M29′Q trace deep roots in New Guinea and Near Oceania, while in the ...

A groundbreaking genetic study confirms modern humans arrived in Australia approximately 60,000 years ago, settling a ...

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and ...

A groundbreaking DNA study, published this week, suggests that the first humans to reach the ancient landmass called Sahul – ...

New genetic research confirms modern humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago and may have even interbred with archaic human species like "hobbits." ...

New research confirms humans first reached the Sahul super-continent by two different routes around 60,000 years ago.

Mastodon bone damage and unusual dating evidence fuel debate about whether humans arrived in North America far earlier than previously believed, challenging long-accepted migration timelines.

The Jomon people living in prehistoric Japan had "little to no" Denisovan DNA, suggesting their ancestors may not have been in contact with this now-extinct group of Eurasian humans, a new study ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

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