DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...

These findings challenge the long-held narrative about migration into and out of North Africa before and during the Neolithic.

A pair of female corpses couldrewrite human history. The duo were found in a remote Libyan cave and are thought to be more ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ... the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences) of nine individuals ...

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

He was approximately 45 years old when he died ... helped advance the study of ancient human diseases, as scientists were able to extract ancient DNA and evidence of pathogens like Lyme disease ...

Yet despite a wealth of data and new techniques including ancient DNA ... scraps and human waste that might attract pests or spread disease. Caches of deliberately buried bones at Neolithic ...

The human diet progressed far earlier in history ... Millet likely helped many hunter-gatherer people transition to farming in the Neolithic era. In 2010, the California Academy of Sciences analyzed ...