Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

You’re not a blank slate or a prisoner of your genes. This post explores how ancestry and environment shape where—and how—you ...

While many supporters call the use of DNA profiles good police work, critics have raised data privacy and informed consent ...

Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to have.

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

Genetic analysis revealed they formed a unique branch of the human family tree, splitting off from Neanderthals around 400,000 to 500,000 years ago. Despite sharing a common ancestor, Denisovans ...

WASHINGTON — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s true for early human ancestors ... around – such as by climbing trees – as well as to grasp and ...

A new study based on mathematical modeling weighs in on the fierce debate among paleontologists over the origins of the king ...