The findings that come from an DNA studies fascinate me. The fact that DNA can even be extracted from ancient bones (and sometimes teeth) is amazing.
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected
Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming.
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February 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The findings that come from an DNA studies fascinate me. The fact that DNA can even be extracted from ancient bones (and sometimes teeth) is amazing.
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...
Ancient DNA? This is happening right now
February 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Ancient DNA? This is happening right now
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social center
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
#Archaeology Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
Digging for Britain
Tue 20:00
BBC Two
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social with gold found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Digging for Britain
Tue 20:00
BBC Two
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social with gold found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 12, Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
A Roman crime is uncovered, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#Archaeology Roman Crime and Ancient DNA
Digging for Britain
Tue 20:00
BBC Two
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social with gold found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Digging for Britain
Tue 20:00
BBC Two
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social with gold found at a bishop’s palace, a Roman crime, detectorists unearth a staggering bronze age haul, and ancient DNA solves a medieval mystery.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Plague after the Black Death returned in waves across Europe for centuries, ancient DNA shows
The Black Death did not end plague in Europe. New DNA research shows how Yersinia pestis returned in repeated waves for more than 350 years after the first pandemic...
archaeologymag.com/2026/09/plag...
The Black Death did not end plague in Europe. New DNA research shows how Yersinia pestis returned in repeated waves for more than 350 years after the first pandemic...
archaeologymag.com/2026/09/plag...
Plague after the Black Death returned in waves across Europe for centuries, ancient DNA shows | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient plague DNA reveals repeated outbreaks across Europe and shows how war, climate, and human movement shaped plague spread.
archaeologymag.com
September 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Plague after the Black Death returned in waves across Europe for centuries, ancient DNA shows
The Black Death did not end plague in Europe. New DNA research shows how Yersinia pestis returned in repeated waves for more than 350 years after the first pandemic...
archaeologymag.com/2026/09/plag...
The Black Death did not end plague in Europe. New DNA research shows how Yersinia pestis returned in repeated waves for more than 350 years after the first pandemic...
archaeologymag.com/2026/09/plag...
I have an ancient DNA joke but it's degraded.
March 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM
I have an ancient DNA joke but it's degraded.
Netanyahu said “We’re descendants from the original Hebrews of the Holy Land”
97.5% of Israeli jews have absolutely no ancient Hebrew DNA, they're not Semites.
Whereas 80% of Palestinians carry ancient Hebrew DNA.💥💥💥💥💥
97.5% of Israeli jews have absolutely no ancient Hebrew DNA, they're not Semites.
Whereas 80% of Palestinians carry ancient Hebrew DNA.💥💥💥💥💥
August 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Netanyahu said “We’re descendants from the original Hebrews of the Holy Land”
97.5% of Israeli jews have absolutely no ancient Hebrew DNA, they're not Semites.
Whereas 80% of Palestinians carry ancient Hebrew DNA.💥💥💥💥💥
97.5% of Israeli jews have absolutely no ancient Hebrew DNA, they're not Semites.
Whereas 80% of Palestinians carry ancient Hebrew DNA.💥💥💥💥💥
Read about this incredible new ancient DNA study here - tracking Viking Age migrations: www.facebook.com/ProfessorAli...
Alice Roberts
My friend Pontus Skoglund and his colleagues have JUST published this incredible new piece of research into Viking-era migrations - using ancient DNA and a brand analysis called Twigstats. This epic.....
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January 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Read about this incredible new ancient DNA study here - tracking Viking Age migrations: www.facebook.com/ProfessorAli...
Well this is going to upset a few people.
"Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago":
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Read the research, link at the bottom of the article.
"Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago":
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Read the research, link at the bottom of the article.
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago
Pale skin didn't dominate Europe until surprisingly recently.
www.zmescience.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Well this is going to upset a few people.
"Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago":
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Read the research, link at the bottom of the article.
"Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago":
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Read the research, link at the bottom of the article.
Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an Egyptian tomb site dating to between 4,495 and 4,880 years ago.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
it's 94 degrees but my ancient peasant dna is doing the sailor moon transformation with the equinox
September 27, 2026 at 7:50 PM
it's 94 degrees but my ancient peasant dna is doing the sailor moon transformation with the equinox
Thank you for your service, ancient viruses embedded in my DNA. You guys are doing great.
Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.
www.livescience.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Thank you for your service, ancient viruses embedded in my DNA. You guys are doing great.
DNA tests confirmed two 800-year-old “hugging skeletons” buried together in medieval Poland were unrelated women, making it the country’s first genetically confirmed same-sex double burial. The discovery challenges long-held assumptions about ancient burial relationships
800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double burial
Two skeletons found in an embrace next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral were both women, an ancient DNA analysis confirms, but their relationship remains a mystery.
www.livescience.com
May 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
DNA tests confirmed two 800-year-old “hugging skeletons” buried together in medieval Poland were unrelated women, making it the country’s first genetically confirmed same-sex double burial. The discovery challenges long-held assumptions about ancient burial relationships
I learned about this dark side of syphilis when I took a history of medicine course. It is a remarkably resistant disease that brought armies to their knees and wrought tremendous societal damage.
Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 share.google/V15zBbvnvlbf...
Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 share.google/V15zBbvnvlbf...
Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 Years
The first known outbreak of syphilis in Europe began at the turn of the 16th century, but on the distant continent of South America, the pathogen's history goes much deeper than that.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I learned about this dark side of syphilis when I took a history of medicine course. It is a remarkably resistant disease that brought armies to their knees and wrought tremendous societal damage.
Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 share.google/V15zBbvnvlbf...
Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 share.google/V15zBbvnvlbf...
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Ancient DNA teaching us stuff!
Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Ancient DNA teaching us stuff!
Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some interesting new DNA research on the ancient people of Western Europe.
Scientists Analyzed the Genomes of an Ancient Culture—and Rewrote the History of Europe
A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising information about early British history.
www.popularmechanics.com
February 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Some interesting new DNA research on the ancient people of Western Europe.
this still happens a lot tbh
February 26, 2026 at 8:19 PM
this still happens a lot tbh
⚡️ Half of global population descended from ancient group in what is now Ukraine, DNA research shows.
Half of global population descended from ancient group in what is now Ukraine, DNA research shows
Half of the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, a group that lived in what is now Ukraine 5,000 years ago, according to new DNA research led by David Reich, a geneticist at Harvar...
kyivindependent.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
⚡️ Half of global population descended from ancient group in what is now Ukraine, DNA research shows.
DNA recovered from an Iron Age burial ground in southern England reveals a Celtic community where husbands moved to join their wives’ families — a rare sign of female influence and empowerment in the ancient world.
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s families.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
DNA recovered from an Iron Age burial ground in southern England reveals a Celtic community where husbands moved to join their wives’ families — a rare sign of female influence and empowerment in the ancient world.
A ridiculously huge fraction of your DNA is made from the remains of ancient viral infections.
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
A ridiculously huge fraction of your DNA is made from the remains of ancient viral infections.
Archaeologists discovered P. falciparum DNA in both 16th century Medici skeletons. 🦟🏺🧪
Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery of what killed 2 Medici brothers
An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died.
www.livescience.com
July 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Archaeologists discovered P. falciparum DNA in both 16th century Medici skeletons. 🦟🏺🧪
Ancient DNA confirms Yersinia pestis caused the Justinian Plague—the first pandemic in history. Jerash’s Roman hippodrome became a mass grave, revealing a story that still resonates today. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #History #Pandemics
The Ghost of a Pandemic: Unearthing the Plague That Changed History
How ancient DNA from a forgotten Roman arena is rewriting the story of humanity’s first pandemic—and why its lessons still echo today.
www.anthropology.net
August 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ancient DNA confirms Yersinia pestis caused the Justinian Plague—the first pandemic in history. Jerash’s Roman hippodrome became a mass grave, revealing a story that still resonates today. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #History #Pandemics
Big discovery from 6,000-year-old bones.
DNA sequencing of ancient remains by Colombian scientists reveals unknown human lineage
Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near the country's capital Bogota.
www.reuters.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Big discovery from 6,000-year-old bones.