Vikings Weren’t All Scandinavian: Ancient DNA Study Reveals Surprising Genetic Diversity The term “Viking” tends to conjure up images of fierce, blonde men who donned horned helmets and sailed the seas in longboats, earning a fearsome reputation through their violent…
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Million-Year-Old Mammoth Genomes Break Records for Ancient DNA Discovery Teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have led to the world’s oldest known DNA being sequenced, according to a study that shines a…
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How Was Tuberculosis Transmitted in South America? Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial infection. TB’s global…
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Face of a 7500-year-old Woman Reveals Gibraltar’s Earliest Humans The Minister of Heritage Dr. John Cortes unveiled a historical reconstruction of the head of a Neolithic woman who lived in Gibraltar 7,500 years ago. Archeologists who worked in the Gibraltar…
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Ancient DNA Reveals A Diverse Community Lived At Machu Picchu, The ‘Lost City Of The Incas’ Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? A new study used ancient DNA to find out for the first time where workers buried more…
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Viking Ruler Mysteries Rollo Continues: Amazing Find In Ancient Grave The mystery of Viking ruler Rollo continues. An ancient sarcophagus in Fécamp, Normandy, France has been opened, and analysis has been conducted, but the results are startling and not what…
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