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Paleoproteomics Offers a Look into the Deep Past

Paleoproteomics Offers a Look into the Deep Past

by Lauren Everett

Proteomics techniques are opening up new possibilities for archaeological applications

a white DNA helix under a magnifying glass with colorful Sanger sequencing DNA analysis stripes as the background

Scientists ID Burned Bodies with DNA-Extracting Method Used on Wooly Mammoths

by Binghamton University

close up view of an ancient human skull's teeth, showing only the jaw and teeth of the skull, on a white background

Archaeological Evidence of Seasonal Vitamin D Deficiency Discovered

by University of Otago

a diagonal purple and pink double helix DNA with a highlighted white section on the edge of the helix on a purple backrgound

‘Genomic Time Machine’ Reveals Secrets of Our DNA

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Reconstructed ancient genomes allow for identification of previously undetectable transposable elements in human DNA

Excavated human remains

Ancient Chewing Gum Reveals Stone Age Diet

by Stockholm University

Chewed resin from 9,700 years ago provides a wealth of ancient DNA information

Skeletal remains being excavated

First Prehistoric Person with Turner Syndrome Identified from Ancient DNA

by The Francis Crick Institute

New technique developed to measure number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more precisely

Neanderthals Had Ancient Interactions with ‘Cousins’ of Modern Humans

by University of Pennsylvania

A new collaborative study shows that Neanderthals inherited some of their genome from a lineage of early modern humans

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Special Issue: Ancient DNA

by American Association for the Advancement of Science

Three reviews examine the landscape of how ancient DNA is studied

Ancient human remains

Ancient Human Remains Were Subsequently Manipulated and Utilized

Findings add to a pattern of human burial and modification in the Iberian Peninsula

Human remains in a burial

Paleogeneticists Analyze a 3,800-Year-Old Extended Family

by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Individuals from a burial site in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations

Image of ancient clay pots

Europeans’ Cultural and Genetic Development Linked over Thousands of Years

by Uppsala University

DNA research shows the intermingling of genetic lines was linked with geography

Cow skull in the desert

Ancient DNA Reveals an Early African Origin of Cattle in the Americas

by Florida Museum of Natural History

DNA evidence from Spanish settlements indicates that cattle were imported from Africa early in colonization

aerial shot of machu picchu

Ancient DNA Reveals Diverse Community in ‘Lost City of the Incas’

by Tulane University

The analysis showed that individuals came from all over the Inca Empire