A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African Humid Period more than 7,000 years ago
Kinship and ancestry of the Celts in Baden-Württemberg, Germany: genetic analyses of Celtic burial mounds from 500 BCE reveal close relationships
Thailand’s Iron Age Log Coffin culture: ancient DNA helps researchers elucidate the structure of a prehistoric community from Southeast Asia
Reanalysis of Iceman Ötzi’s genome reveals dark skin, male pattern baldness, and a high amount of Anatolian ancestry
Linguistics and genetics combine to suggest a new hybrid hypothesis for the origin of the Indo-European languages
Family trees from the European Neolithic: scientists gain insights into the social behaviour of a Neolithic community
Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause of death; the study has been published in Current Biology
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years
Origins of the Black Death identified. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive
A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity
