Adding to evidence that the First Americans did not come from Japan is a new footprint found at an ancient lakebed in what is ...

A mysterious DNA marker is rewriting everything we thought we knew about how humans first reached the Americas. Haplogroup X, ...

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe ...

A new study found that a gene passed down from extinct archaic humans provided an adaptive advantage for Indigenous people of ...

Kimberly TallBear, this year’s recipient of the University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Humanities Graduate Student Alumni Award, is being honored for her work in championing indigenous ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sean Decatur, president of the American Museum of Natural History, about why some Native American exhibits are closing under a law requiring consent from Native tribes.