Livestock played a role in prehistoric plague infections: Yersinia pestis genome has been discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth at Arkaim
Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research; a new study published in Science Advances
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
DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii; the study has been published in Current Biology
Recovering family history for millions of African Americans: Kendra Taira Field is named chief historian for the 10 Million Names project
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)
Carabinieri return the stele of the Bride of the desert, Satornila, that was illegally excavated in the necropolis of Zeugma, Turkey
Ancient DNA reveals the multiethnic structure of the Xiongnu Empire, Mongolia’s first nomadic empire; the study has been published in Science Advances
Ancient DNA Reveals Asian Ancestry Introduced to East Africa in Early Modern Times; the study has been published in Nature
In a trio of papers, published simultaneously in the journal Science, a massive effort of genome-wide sequencing shows the lively genetic history of the Southern Arc region
