A set of eight Neanderthal teeth from a single cave in southern Poland has yielded the first collection of mitochondrial ...

Ancient DNA can be a powerful tool for helping us reconstruct the long-dead past. Most surviving genetic material comes from ...

Researchers extracted DNA from long-dead animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic ...

Ciara Wanket drilling for sedaDNA samples in Canada’s Yukon territory. This ash layer from the volcano eruption she studied is visible as a pale stripe in the dark permafrost sediment. For the first ...

In a first, scientists recovered human DNA from ancient cave paintings, a breakthrough that could open new ways to ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward gaining a deeper understanding of our creative ancestors ...

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...

A new study suggests an ancient version of plague most likely spread among family members in hunter-gatherer groups, with ...

When archaeologists find adults and children buried together in medieval graves, it is often assumed that they were members ...

Ancient DNA analysis of medieval cemeteries suggests shared graves reflected social and religious bonds rather than familial ...