The end of Rome supposedly came as suddenly as thunder, relative to history’s long arc. The legions withdraw from their ...

Ancient DNA reveals women brought farming knowledge to hunter-gatherer communities in Belgium and Netherlands gradually.

DNA analysis confirms siblings in a rare Anglo‑Saxon double burial are siblings, revealing a poignant family tragedy from early medieval Gloucestershire.

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

DNA from medieval emperors Otto I and Henry II confirms their royal lineage and bolsters history by validating an ancient ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Genome evidence points to a slow blending of peoples — not a violent tide of invaders — that laid the foundations of modern ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has shaped modern human genomes far more than previously thought.

An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it ...

Ancient DNA analysis of a 1,400-year-old double burial in Cherington, Gloucestershire, has confirmed the remains belong to a ...

Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a rare instance of two siblings being buried together in an Anglo-Saxon grave. The grave in ...