Scientists have conducted a recent study on mitochondrial DNA, uncovering compelling evidence of multiple migrations that took place between the Americas, China, and Japan during the last Ice Age and the subsequent period of ice melt.
In this study, the...
DNA has identified three more Franklin expedition skeletons found at Erebus Bay, giving names to sailors who died during the doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage. The study, led by Douglas R. Stenton of the Department of Anthropology...
A new DNA analysis of the Shroud of Turin is drawing skepticism from researchers who say the study relies on flawed methods and lacks peer review. The shroud analysis, released during Catholic Easter week, claims the cloth may have...
A recent DNA analysis on 777 ancient genomes from across the so-called Southern Arc, namely Southern Europe and West Asia, redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans and sheds light on the Proto-Greek prehistoric past.
As is well known, the Greek language belongs...
A recent study, published in the journal Cell, examined the DNA of people living in the Balkan region between 1 and 1000 AD. Experts concluded there is no sign of Italian ancestry from the Iron Age, even though the...
New research from Peking University has uncovered evidence of an ancient matrilineal society in China, where a Neolithic farming village organized family life through the mother’s lineage for over ten generations.
The study, published in Nature, focuses on the Fujia...
Recently, interest has grown in computer reconstructions of faces from ancient Greece and Rome. In 2020, a digital artist caught public attention by using modern technology to bring Roman emperors' faces to life. These lifelike images were based on...
Researchers claim that Javan tigers, thought to have been extinct fifty years ago, might still exist. Despite doubts from scientists, signs suggest a similar big cat roams Java.
In the past, Indonesia had three tiger types: Sumatran, Javan, and Bali...
Australian parents have finally been reunited with their surrogate babies after the fertility scandal that erupted in a clinic in Greece last August.
The ordeal began when a fertility clinic in Crete, Greece was abruptly shut down, triggering a police...
