Leveraging statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA revealed new insights into how ancient Europeans adapted to ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

"However, through the sequencing of ancient DNA, we have gained detailed insight into the diversity that once thrived in the wild as well as enhanced our understanding of domestic cattle." Although ...

A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die Jewellery found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are ...

Sometimes plants are so similar to each other that the methods developed by 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus for identifying species are not enough. Completely new species of daisies have been ...

The DNA shows that at least one of the two people was a male, eliminating two of the three common interpretations. The ancient eruption buried several Roman towns, killing inhabitants and laying ...

Now, advancements in technology have enabled researchers to analyze the remains found.“This is the first time that a person ...