Family trees from the European Neolithic: scientists gain insights into the social behaviour of a Neolithic community
Genomics and archaeology rewrite the Neolithic Revolution in the Maghreb, according to a new study published in Nature
4,000-year-old plague DNA found: the oldest cases to date in Britain; the paper is published in Nature Communications
Written sources document that kissing was practiced by the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Are the origins of the Lager beer in Bavaria? A new research, published in FEMS Yeast Research, tries to answer the question
Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people have Pictish ancestry; the new study has been published in PLOS Genetics
Research into grape pips found from the excavated Byzantine monastery of Avdat (Oboda), in the Negev Highlands (Israel), hints at the origins of the Gaza wine
Searching for ancient bears in an Alaskan cave led to an important human discovery: Tatóok yík yées sháawat (Young lady in cave), living 3,000 years ago is in fact closest related to present-day Tlingit
Ancient DNA reveals the multiethnic structure of the Xiongnu Empire, Mongolia’s first nomadic empire; the study has been published in Science Advances
A new research now shows that a skeleton found on board the warship Vasa is actually from a woman; the ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1628