For most of Europe’s history, the people who lived there did not resemble the pale figures often shown in history books. New genetic research now shows that dark skin, dark hair, and dark eyes dominated Europe for tens of thousands of years and that lighter traits became common only very recently.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The genetic origins of modern Europeans may be more complicated that previously thought. Ancient people from Siberia who were related to the first humans to enter the Americas during the Ice Age also mingled with prehistoric ...

A study of ancient DNA has shed new light on European genetic history. It confirms that farming spread across Europe due to the influx of ancient people from what is now eastern Turkey. Many modern Europeans owe their taller stature to these early farmers ...

At present, the International Space Station (ISS) has been humanity's orbiting laboratory. But its planned retirement is approaching at the end of this decade. The massive station won't just vanish. It will be guided to a controlled descent, ensuring a ...