DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were ~humanities.history Article 1047 words 17 votes
Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway's Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text ~humanities.history Article 18 votes
Ancient Beat - the newsletter of ancient history - celebrates its 100th Issue ~humanities.history Link 6 votes
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
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world ~humanities.history Article 896 words 9 votes
The Pictish Problem - Genetics of Scotland ~humanities.history Video 36:04, published Aug 15 2023 18 votes
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research archaeology anthropology ethics Article 2434 words, published Jan 19 2023 1 vote
Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas. That’s good science and here’s why. ~humanities.history Article 5505 words 3 votes
The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there anthropology Article 6105 words 11 votes
Dark hair was common among Vikings – research reveals they were a genetically diverse group and not purely Scandinavian ~humanities.history Article 710 words 14 votes
Doing being rational: polymerase chain reaction philosophy Article 3870 words, published Nov 16 2019 3 votes
Black Achilles - The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether? ~humanities.history Article 3357 words 5 votes