Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

“Transposable element activation is a unique feature of early embryos in multiple ... but also highlight the potential of ancient viral DNA to transform research on gene regulation, cell ...

Only a handful of labs work on ancient DNA research. Scientists can retrieve DNA from human bones, teeth or tissue from museum collections, as well as from ancient cave dwellings, burial grounds ...

The researchers studied these genomes using a method called identity by descent (IBD) segment sharing, which is when two or more people have the same long DNA segments that they each inherited ...

Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from archaeological sites across Eurasia ... Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to ...

using an adjacent DNA-cutting segment of the protein. That modularity could facilitate tool development, allowing researchers to swap useful new features into natural Tas proteins. "Nature is ...