A wave of ancient DNA studies published in Nature has forced a sharp revision of how scientists understand the peopling of ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and ...

6,500-year-old gold artifacts found near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. The grave belonged to a high-status individual, showing early social inequality. Discovery strengthens Bulgaria's role in ancient ...