The volcanic eruption was not the only challenge Neolithic societies faced. DNA studies of human remains from the said time suggest that plague was a widespread problem, which was another ...

Analysis - The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked ...

That is at least four times older than the previous record-holder—a small 100,000-year-old stretch of Neanderthal ... hope to recover ancient DNA. And Sima de los Huesos—already an important site for ...

Genetic material recovered from 40,000-year-old human bones unearthed in Romania harbors about 6-9 percent Neanderthal DNA, the study reports. Some of this DNA was contained in three relatively large ...

A new paper on ancient DNA (aDNA) posits that every person on the planet is descended from hunter-gatherers in Africa. The study was published last month in the journal Nature. In the paper ...

Then, one maverick scientist had the controversial idea to look for DNA not in fossils or frozen ancient tissue – but in dirt. Join the hunt as scientists decipher the oldest DNA ever found ...

Researchers who were curious about when ancient Europeans travelled to Africa followed the DNA. The route they discovered didn’t just track migration — it revealed pockets of resistance to the ...

European Neolithic hunter-gatherer groups traveled the sea to make their home in Africa, according to a new archaeological ...