Caucasus-Lower Volga (CLV): an Eneolithic population dated 4.500-3.500 BCE and a missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found, according to a study published in Nature
Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people at Vasagård, on the Danish island Bornholm, to sacrifice unique “sun stones”
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD; a new study has been published in Nature
Genetic study of native beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) challenges misconceptions about how ancient Indigenous peoples used the land
Central Europe’s first farmers from the Linear Pottery Culture lived in equality; the genetic study also reveals long-distance travelling in Neolithic societies
The Viking Faroe Islands colonizers were a group of male settlers from multiple Scandinavian populations, different from the Iceland colonizers
DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii; the study has been published in Current Biology
Medieval walrus ivory points to early interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans in the Arctic Ocean
An ancient Neanderthal lineage from Grotte Mandrin remained isolated from other populations for over 50,000 years—up until the species extinction
The theory of a violent invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in Late Prehistory, some 4,200 years ago, is now being questioned
