Stockholm University’s Centre for Palaeogenetics sequenced the DNA of 142 people buried in Sweden between the late Viking Age and the Middle Ages, and the graves that held adults and children together ...

A handful of unremarkable bone fragments from caves in southern Siberia have turned out to hold an extraordinary evolutionary ...

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the leading global platform for family history and DNA testing, announced today the release of Ancient Origins, a major new product that ...

Ancient DNA from unidentifiable bone fragments in Denisova Cave has revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species ...

Ancient DNA shows that adults and children buried together in medieval Sweden were often not members of the same immediate family, suggesting that burial choices reflected more than biological kinship ...

The study of ancient DNA provides valuable insights into human history, including how ancient populations migrated and merged with each other. But discoveries drawn from this ancient genetic data can ...

In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable discovery has brought new clarity to one of humanity's greatest migrations. In a ...

Population genomics and ancient DNA analysis combine high-throughput sequencing with palaeogenetic methods to reconstruct the genetic history of past human and hominin populations. By retrieving DNA ...

A new DNA analysis has revealed the surprising origins of Native Americans and the multiple migrations between the Americas, China, and Japan ...

Learn how ancient DNA linked elite Scythian relatives buried up to 87 miles apart and showed that Iron Age social status may have passed through family lines. A child who died at around one year old ...

A 142-year-old cheese archive from Valais shows that modern production methods have reduced bacterial diversity and that the ...