Leprosy DNA Found in 1,600-Year-Old Boat Grave with a Wooden Throne in Germany
A man buried in a wooden boat on Germany’s North Sea coast nearly 1,600 years ago was accompanied by a carved wooden throne and objects…
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30,000-Year-Old Woman’s DNA Challenges Ice Age Europe’s Genetic Divide
DNA recovered from a 30,000-year-old woman in southwestern France has revealed unexpected genetic connections between Ice Age populations previously considered largely separate. Her ancestry suggests…
Ancient DNA Reveals How Central Italy’s Population Changed After the Roman Empire
Ancient DNA recovered from 16 burials in central Italy reveals a striking genetic difference between the Roman Imperial period and the early Middle Ages. The…
46,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Hand Bones Found in Spain Reveal Ancient DNA
Six Neanderthal hand bones discovered in a cave in northern Spain are the oldest human remains ever identified in Navarre. The fossils, dated to between…
4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Norway Has No Bones, but Its Soil May Hold Clues
Archaeologists believe a stone grave near Norway’s border with Sweden is about 4,000 years old. They found an amber bead and arrowheads inside, but no…
Face of “Conquest Man,” Buried Soon After the Norman Conquest, Reconstructed in England
The face of “Conquest Man,” an individual buried in England shortly after the Norman Conquest, has been digitally reconstructed from his 1,000-year-old skull. His burial…
Two Unknown Human Lineages Still Survive in Modern DNA, One Traces Back 1.8 Million Years
Modern human DNA appears to preserve traces of two ancient human populations that scientists have never identified directly from ancient genomes. One of those lineages…
5,000-Year-Old Yamnaya Graves in Romania Reveal an Unusual Skull Placement
More than 5,000 years ago, several people were buried beneath a mound in what is now eastern Romania. Archaeologists have now uncovered four Yamnaya graves,…
A Turquoise Mosaic Skull Spent 60 Years in Europe. Researchers Now Want to Know Who He Was
A human skull covered with turquoise, shell, jadeite and rock crystal spent six decades in a museum in the Netherlands. Now back in Mexico, it…