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Ancient DNA reveals Ibiza was a global crossroads in the medieval Mediterranean — and a case of leprosy

Learn how ancient DNA shows Ibiza’s Islamic-era population spanned Europe, North Africa, and the Sahara — including evidence of leprosy.
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Identify the World’s First Known Dog, Which Pushes Back the Animals’ Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years

Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago ...
EcoPortal.net

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA in Colombia found something unexpected — A 6,000-year-old genome with no descendants today

Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 ...

Man's older friend: New study finds dogs lived with humans 5,000 years earlier than thought

Ancient DNA has revealed that domestic dogs lived alongside humans more than 15,000 years ago, reframing our understanding of ...

'We got evidence of boars, deer, bears, aurochs': Ancient DNA reveals sunken realm Doggerland had habitable forests during the last ice age

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...
Nature

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...
Discover Magazine

Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread in the Southern Andes of Argentina

Learn more about how some hunter-gatherers in the Southern Andes adopted maize farming.