The first analysis results now confirm that the dolmen in Tiarp is one of the oldest stone burial chambers in Sweden
DNA from coprolites, that is, fossilized feces, reveals ancient Japanese gut environment, during the Early Jomon period. The samples also contained evidence of bacteria and viruses
A new study shows Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus; it questions the theory that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe
Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans; Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era
Earliest evidence for domestic yak found in the southern Tibetan Plateau, using both archaeology and ancient DNA
Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire shifted populations in the Balkans, according to a study in Cell
‘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
An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of mummified baboons found in ancient Egypt
Coprolites reveal that the Huecoid and Saladoid cultures – two pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean – consumed a diversity of plants, with peanuts, papaya, maize, and even cotton and tobacco detected
