Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

The dynamics of family structure is undergoing a transformation. Declining fertility and mortality rates are leading to new ...

Anthropologists have pieced together the most complete Stone Age family tree so far, spanning seven generations of relatives. Genetic studies of the remains of dozens of people in one burial site ...

What This Unprecedented 13-Million-Person Family Tree Reveals For starters, the new tree calls into question a prevailing theory for why people stopped marrying close relatives.

Genealogy company Family Tree DNA hit the headlines last month after it was revealed the firm had given law enforcement agencies access to its DNA database. The FBI was allowed to comb through the ...

Van Holstein’s approaches, which combine preservation variability and occurrence data, provide a stronger framework for reconstructing the mode and tempo of human evolution.

However, data from another Census source—the 2013 Current Population Survey (CPS)—indicates that 6% of all children are living with a stepparent. One of the largest shifts in family structure is this: ...

One year after launching, BackupMyTree’s backup service is said to protect over 9 TB of family tree data off-site, uploaded by genealogists and family history enthusiasts.

Let’s take a closer look at the changes in family life over the past decades to understand how the American family has evolved and what it looks like today: Differences by education, race and ...