‘Bone biographies’ reveal life and times of medieval England’s common people: the hard-knock lives of those who lived in Cambridge
New insights into the genetic history of Bantu in Africa; it started in West Africa about 5,000 years ago, mainly driven by human migration
Researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, which they compared with genetic sequences from modern birds
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
Ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick coming from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, in the ancient city of Kalhu, reveals a time capsule of plant life
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports
Linguistics and genetics combine to suggest a new hybrid hypothesis for the origin of the Indo-European languages
Ethical challenges of studying historical DNA that connects living people to enslaved and free African Americans at Catoctin Furnace, an early ironworks (18th–19th century)
Ancient DNA reveals diverse community at Machu Picchu, according to a new study published on Science Advances
Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people have Pictish ancestry; the new study has been published in PLOS Genetics