Prehistoric roots of cold sore virus traced through ancient DNA
27 July 2022First ancient herpes genomes to be sequenced suggest a Bronze Age flourishing linked to migrations into Europe and possibly the emergence of kissing.
First Peoples: two ancient ancestries ‘reconverged’ with settling of South America
31 May 2018New research using ancient DNA finds that a population split after people first arrived in North America was maintained for millennia before mixing again before or during the expansion of humans into the southern continent.
Genetic study suggests present-day Lebanese descend from biblical Canaanites
27 July 2017Researchers analysed DNA extracted from 4,000-year-old human remains to reveal that more than 90% of Lebanese ancestry is from ancient Canaanite populations.
