ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found 6,000-year-old skeletons from Colombia with ancient DNA that could rewrite human history. The ...

We don’t know where they came from. We don’t know where they went. The unique DNA of an ancient tribe of hunter-gatherers is adding to the confusion surrounding the source of South America’s first ...

A surprising discovery in the Colombian Andes has uncovered the 6,000-year-old skeletons of a mysterious group of people.

A new analysis of ancient DNA reveals a previously unknown lineage of hunter-gatherers who lived in what is now Colombia.

Vargas: "That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America".

The team of researchers who discovered them through fragmented DNA in their skeletal remains have not been able to find any ...

“It feels almost magical to be able to infer such a complete picture of an ancient ecosystem from tiny fragments of preserved DNA,” Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist at the University of ...

A group of humans who settled in Colombia 6000 years ago have left scientists scratching their heads since they did not have ...

Archaeologists uncovered ancient Colombian remains that defy connection to modern or ancient populations, sparking new ...

"Up to this point, we didn't believe there was any other lineage that would appear in South America," said archaeologist ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...