Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory ...

Something ancient awakens in our DNA during pregnancy and moments of blood loss to drive an increased demand for red cells in ...

ESKE WILLERSLEV was an unusual witness for a murder trial. An expert in ancient DNA (aDNA) at the University of Copenhagen, ...

Research reveals that our ability to digest starchy foods has much deeper roots than previously thought, potentially ...

Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 ...

Much of what we know about early Norse and Icelandic history comes from the sagas, many of which were written by scholars ...

Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the body is around 900 years old, and previous studies suggested it was a man aged 30-40 ...

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history.

Folks who struggle to reduce their carb intake might be able to blame ancient DNA still lurking in humans, a new study ...

New research has revealed a connection between ancient viral DNA embedded in the human genome and the genetic risk for two ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry ...

The bones have been dated to around 900 years ago, corresponding with the historical record of the Norse story 'Sverris Saga' ...