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DNA analysis of Pompeii victims rewrites the history of the 2,000-year-old tragic volcanic eruption
New DNA analysis of Pompeii victims reveals that many assumed family relationships based on proximi…
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Can ancient germs from dug-up Egyptian mummies trigger a plague or pandemic today?
Do ancient Egyptian mummies harbour deadly plagues ready to wreak havoc in the modern world? Here's…
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Ancient human DNA suggests Columbus may not have brought syphilis to Europe after all
The long-standing theory that Columbus caused a devastating outbreak of syphilis when his expeditio…
Marianne Guenot
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Ancient humans bred horses to make them more "rideable" 4,200 years ago, study suggests
In fact, the analysis of 475 ancient horse genomes revealed that, around 4,200 years ago, many dome…
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Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilisation is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, …
PTI
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Scientists fully sequenced DNA of a man who died at Pompeii and found he may have had a disease that hindered his escape
Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, burying Pompeii in volcanic ash. Researchers are now…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Human bones unearthed from a German cave have altered the timeline of ancient human history
Homo sapien bones in a German cave prove early humans occupied Europe 47,500 years ago alongside Ne…
Ellyn Lapointe
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If you're an early riser, you may have Neanderthal DNA to thank for it
Many of us carry Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA, and some of it may be linked with being an early ris…
Marianne Guenot
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The first dogs evolved from wolves in Asia — and maybe the Middle East — a study of ice age DNA suggests
Ancient wolf DNA spanning the last 100,000 years, points to the moment — possibly two moments — whe…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New study of 2,600-year-old poop suggests Iron Age miners drank beer and ate blue cheese
Prehistoric European salt miners were previously thought to mostly subsist on gruel. The finding su…
Marianne Guenot
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African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests
A German museum says it is ready to return the human skulls from East Africa, which were removed un…
Marianne Guenot
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An ancient tooth found in a cave proves an extinct species of archaic humans lived in southeast Asia over 130,000 years ago
Scientists were looking at how humans in southeast Asia today have some genes of an ancient human s…
Marianne Guenot
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Ancient tools and DNA discovered in a Tibetan cave shed unprecedented light on humans' most enigmatic ancestor, the Denisovans
Anthropologists found an ancient jawbone, tools, and DNA in a Tibetan cave. They come from Denisova…
Aylin Woodward
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Nobel prize winner Svante Paabo's DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
In other words, Paabo has been awarded the prestigious prize for having sequenced the genomes of…
PTI
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New analysis of a saber-toothed cat fossil reveals the ancient animals were ruthless, highly skilled hunters
By extracting DNA from the thigh bone of an ancient saber-toothed cat, scientists gleaned new insig…
Aylin Woodward
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5,000-year-old bacteria is the oldest strain of plague ever seen. Scientists found it in the ancient bones of a Stone Age man.
The oldest version of the plague that we know of infected a Stone Age hunter-gatherer millennia bef…
Aylin Woodward
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DNA Of Ancient Human Spawns New Theory Of Why Europeans Became White
"In the food-production theory, the cereal-rich diet of Neolithic farmers lacked vitamin D," LiveSc…
Dina Spector
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400,000-Year-Old Hominin DNA Throws Everything We Know About Human Evolution Into Disarray
This builds upon other findings, presented Nov. 18 at a meeting on ancient DNA at the Royal Society…
Jennifer Welsh
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This recent scientific finding on DNA could be a forensic breakthrough
In order to understand how the protein can be used to identify individuals, it is important to unde…
Stefano Vanin
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Ancient humans interbred with a mysterious, archaic population 700,000 years ago, a study found - it's the earliest known mating between different human species
Different human ancestor species seem to have mingled and mated far more than anthropologists previ…