Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years ago, scientists have found, which could provide an important new window into the past. In a new study, scientists for the first time recovered DNA from cement on hairs taken […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A man’s claim to be the great-grandson of legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA extracted from Sitting Bull’s scalp lock. This is the first time ancient DNA has been used to confirm a familial relationship between living and historical individuals. The confirmation was made possible […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An international group of scientists has studied a genome sequence of a unique individual known as the Segorbe giant and his DNA reveals a brutal event that occurred in Medieval Spain. The individual, who was discovered in an eleventh century Islamic necropolis from the city of Segorbe, near Valencia in […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient DNA extracted from human bones has rewritten early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a triparтιтe genetic origin—a finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual genomic ancestry. Twelve newly sequenced ancient Japanese genomes show that modern day populations do indeed show the […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered the skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer who died more than 7,000 years ago. It is a highly significant archaeological discovery because this human lineage has never been found anywhere else in the world. The deceased person belongs to an unknown group of humans who lived about 8,000 […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It is not the first time scientists say modern humans and Neanderthals are closely related. Only this time, scientists have determined how much of our DNA is unique to us. It turns out it is a small fraction really, just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans! According […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The great Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452 -1519) is long gone, but a new DNA study reveals he has 14 living male descendants! The surprising results of a decade-long investigation by Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato provide a strong basis for advancing a project researching Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA. […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Very few complete genomes older than 30,000 years have been sequenced which is why this particular study sheds new light on the theory of evolution, and the out of Africa migration theory. Now, for the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings left an everlasting legacy in Ireland. While you are in Ireland, you can visit archaeological places where battles between Vikings and the Irish were fought. Many ancient ruins in Ireland tell a lot about the country’s Viking heritage. Skeletons of Norse warriors and their artifacts are still unearthed in Ireland. […]