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
Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal a complex trade network; the study is published in the most recent issue of Science Advances.
Ancient DNA from medieval Germany tells the origin story of Ashkenazi Jews: the ancient DNA has been extracted from teeth