First ancient smallpox genomes found in the Americas tie disease to European colonization
Ancient DNA from two people buried in northern Chile is helping answer one of the most painful questions…
Neandertal DNA linked to more muscle mass in modern adults
A Neandertal version of the growth hormone receptor is linked to slightly greater muscle mass, height and weight…
Ancient DNA Overturns Medici Poison Theory and Finds Novel Malaria Strain
For 440 years, the sudden deaths of Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello,…
Ancient DNA in Oceania reveals hidden human evolution and health insights
A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth.…
Ancient squirrel droppings reveal 700,000 years of lost ecosystems
Frozen deep beneath the Yukon’s permafrost, small pellets left behind by ancient ground squirrels have preserved a record…
DNA From a 5,000-year-old Tomb Reveals the Plague Might Have Wiped out Europe’s First Farmers
Neolithic grave known as the Bois Couturier, similar and geographically close to the Bury grave. Credit: P. Poschadel…
You Won’t Believe Where Scientists Found a 14,400-Year-Old Woolly Rhino Genome
Yesterday’s lunch can sometimes be tomorrow’s scientific discovery, even if yesterday was actually 14,000 years in the past.…
How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals
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How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?
Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were found to be thousands of years…
“Tropical Mammoth” Fossils Found In Mexico, But Some Researchers Say They Should Be Classified As An Entirely New Species » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Mammoths are one of the most famous ancient animals, right up there with dinosaurs. This ancient mammal…
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years | Genome Biology
Gómez-Carballa, A., Olivieri, A., Behar, D.M., Achilli, A., Torroni, A., and Salas, A. . Genetic Continuity in the…