And Ascunce says lice are particularly helpful in answering questions about human history that we can't resolve using our own DNA or the archaeological record. In a new study in the journal PLOS ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

A 2015 report published by a private genomics testing company found that 2% of 345 hot dogs tested contained traces of human DNA. However, it was unclear whether that report was a peer-reviewed ...

Some Hot Dogs, Sausages Studied Contain Human DNA, Says New Report Clear Foods also analyzed vegetarian hot dogs and sausages.

Humans and chimpanzees have DNA that's remarkably similar — researchers say our genetic code is about 95 percent identical.

Specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives -- chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA -- can be attributed to the loss of chunks of DNA that control ...