Native Americans

The first Greek person to ever set foot in America was a man named Theodoros Griego, and he arrived in the country in 1528.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has resurrected ancient languages that were once spoken but have only survived in written form. Through video, AI made long-lost languages, including Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Proto-Celtic, Hittite and Akkadian, audible again by presenting the unique...

In a groundbreaking discovery, a group of Kraków-based archaeologists has unearthed remarkable findings in Colorado, reshaping our understanding of the Native Americans who once lived there. Under the guidance of Professor Radosław Palonka from Jagiellonian University in Poland, the team...

The Native American DNA (Haplogroup Q) is found to originate from Central Siberia and Central Asia, a study shows

A recent DNA research on the bones of a boy who lived along the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia shows that one-third of his genome was that of Western Eurasians, prompting scientists to conclude that Native Americans share...

A recent study published in the journal Communications Biology has discovered that certain Neanderthal gene variants can increase the sensitivity to pain in individuals who possess them. These gene variants are more prevalent in populations with Native American ancestry. The...

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 studies on Bronze Age Tarim mummies found in China's Xinjiang region revealed recently that not only were these people not descendants of Indo-Europeans that immigrated to the area -- they may in fact be the ancestors of Native...

Native American Indians migrated across the Bering Strait to and from Eurasia, according to past and present scientific studies. Yet new research has not only revealed traces of their DNA in the remains of Siberians living thousands of years...

Although pumpkins are now grown and consumed in some form worldwide, they stem from North America. They feature so prominently on our Thanksgiving tables, usually in the form of pumpkin pie, that they are worth a bit of appreciation...