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…
archaeogenetics
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…
Ancient Human DNA Found on Cave Walls for the First Time
A cave wall is not usually treated like a genetic archive. In Spain and Portugal, however, researchers have recovered ancient human DNA from the surface…
DNA Reveals Poland’s First Genetically Confirmed Same-Sex Medieval Burial
A rare same-sex medieval burial beside a cathedral wall in southern Poland is forcing archaeologists to rethink one of the oldest assumptions about people buried…
DNA Reveals Family Bonds Shaped 5,500-Year-Old Burials on Gotland’s Baltic Coast
On a windswept stretch of the Baltic coast, long before Scandinavia’s medieval towns or Viking ships, families were making deliberate choices about where their dead…
Frozen for 250 Years: DNA Reveals the Defiant Life of Siberia’s Last Shaman
In the deep cold of northeastern Siberia, where winter still reaches –50°C, the past does not decay—it waits. Now, cutting-edge genetic research has given voice…
DNA Reveals the Hidden Social Life of a 3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Community in Southern Italy
Deep in the rugged mountains of southern Italy, a prehistoric cave has quietly preserved the genetic memory of a forgotten Bronze Age community. Now, for…
First Ancient Egyptian Genome Sequenced: A 4,500-Year-Old Genetic Breakthrough
Scientists have sequenced the first complete genome from ancient Egypt, unlocking a genetic time capsule from the age of the pyramids. A groundbreaking study by…