Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia ... to trace ancient population movements. Our new study has just been published in Nature. We analysed the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences ...

Two centuries later, the inhabitants of Mödling and Leobersdorf—neighboring sites south of Vienna—shared ... about this research, titled 'Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite ...

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross ...

New DNA research shows ... who specializes in the study of ancient populations, is making it possible to give a precise answer. The peoples of Europe and West Asia, as well as everyone descended ...

Creation of a comprehensive genetic representation for more than 2.5 billion people across the Middle East and South Asia ...

The extraction of genetic material from archaeological remains, known as ancient DNA, is helping scientists gain insights into our distant past. With advances in sequencing technology, these ...