A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

DNA reveals that in prehistoric China, men remained in their community, while women joined new family lineages.

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

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A 5,500-year-old skeleton from the Americas has yielded the oldest genetic evidence yet of a bacterium closely related to the ...

A long-standing mystery surrounding a Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England may finally be close to an answer.Earlier studies suggested ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has been infecting humans for at least 2,500 years. Some people inherited the ...

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Scientists believe the find could push the boundaries of DNA analysis. Divers work next to skeletal remains found at an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, Greece, Sept. 6, 2016. Greek ...

Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...