Medieval adults and children buried together in Sweden were rarely related, DNA study finds
Children buried beside adults in medieval graves have long been seen as family members. A new DNA study…
Europe’s last Neanderthals were genetically diverse and connected, study finds
A new genetic study has changed how researchers view the last Neanderthals in Western Europe. Evidence from 27…
Ancient Greenland middens preserve traces of human microbes for 4,500 years, study finds
Ancient garbage dumps scattered across Greenland are helping scientists piece together how people lived thousands of years ago.…
Ancient DNA links 400-year-old Finland burial to Sámi ancestry and possible Iceland journey
A man buried near Lake Kitka in northern Finland around 400 years ago appears to have lived a…
Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe
A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end…