Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

We are a group of archaeologists, anthropologists, curators and geneticists representing
diverse global communities and 31 countries. All of us met in a virtual workshop dedicated to …

The deep population history of East Asia remains poorly understood owing to a lack of
ancient DNA data and sparse sampling of present-day people,. Here we report genome …

Present-day people from England and Wales have more ancestry derived from early
European farmers (EEF) than did people of the Early Bronze Age 1. To understand this, here …

By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in
Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic …

RATIONALE To elucidate the extent to which the major cultural transformations of farming,
pastoralism, and shifts in the distribution of languages in Eurasia were accompanied by …

The history of the British Isles and Ireland is characterized by multiple periods of major
cultural change, including the influential transformation after the end of Roman rule, which …

INTRODUCTION Cattle, sheep, and goats appeared in eastern Africa 5000 years ago,
catalyzing the spread of herding throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Archaeologists have long …

Few African Americans have been able to trace family lineages back to ancestors who died
before the 1870 United States Census, the first in which all Black people were listed by …

Ancient DNA sampling methods—although optimized for efficient DNA extraction—are
destructive, relying on drilling or cutting and powdering (parts of) bones and teeth. As the …