The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...

A genetic study traced the origins and expansion of Celtic languages, revealing their migration patterns to Western Europe.

Until relatively recently, the combination of light skin, blue eyes, and blonde hair was something of a rarity among ...

A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Ferrara in Italy suggests that the majority of Europeans living 5 ...

Darker skin tones may have been the norm in Europe for many centuries longer than previously thought, analysis of human ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA, causing the ...

Back in the first millennium A.D., waves of human migration across Europe created an elaborate genetic puzzle that researchers have now started to unravel with a leap in DNA analysis. An enhanced ...

“As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered ... Further scientific analysis, including the conclusion of an a DNA analysis, will no doubt yield more fascinating ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

She was found dead in Melton Hill Lake 25 years ago, but new lab testing and an AI-generated image may finally reveal the ...

Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would soon rain down on the unsuspecting cichlids, tearing apart their DNA, causing the fish ... A study dating iron-60, an isotope of iron that is a byproduct ...