Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

An analysis of dozens of British Iron Age skeletons has revealed that Celtic society was organized around women.

Advancements in genetic research have shed new light on the complex migrations and interactions that shaped Europe's history ...

Bacterial DNA isolated from a 120-year-old preserved plant cutting helped reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are ...

Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half ...

Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...