Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers, genetic study reveals ~humanities.history Link 15 votes
DNA from stone age chewing gum sheds light on diet and disease in Scandinavia's ancient hunter-gatherers ~humanities.history Article 974 words, published Jan 18 2024 11 votes
Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge ~humanities.history Article 520 words 12 votes
Americas’ first cowboys were enslaved Africans, ancient cow DNA suggests ~humanities.history Link 24 votes
Hit in DNA database exonerates man forty-seven years after wrongful rape conviction Article 642 words 30 votes
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research archaeology anthropology ethics Article 2434 words, published Jan 19 2023 1 vote
Modern analysis of a 1,000-year-old grave in Finland challenges long-held beliefs about gender roles in ancient societies ~humanities.history Article 672 words 11 votes
For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage ~humanities.history Article 1014 words 10 votes
Two Vikings from the same family are to be 'reunited' – DNA evidence has linked the skeleton from Oxford with another skeleton excavated in Denmark ~humanities.history Article 7 votes
Researchers used skeletal remains and ancient DNA to reconstruct the burial of a woman who lived in what is now southern Sweden 7,000 years ago ~humanities.history Article 891 words, published Nov 11 2019 4 votes