Tianyuan Horizon: Deep Paleolithic China
A single Late Pleistocene individual from Tianyuan Cave links stones, bones, and DNA.
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Voices of the Upper Yellow River
Late Neolithic communities from Qinghai whose bones speak to lives at the roof of the Yellow River
Echoes of the Upper Yellow River
Dacaozi burials in Qinghai (50–248 CE) illuminate Iron Age lives and lineages
Whispers from the West Liao River
Late Neolithic lives at Erdaojingzi, where pottery, millet, and DNA trace fragile connections
West Liao River Bronze Echoes
Longtoushan lives in the long grasses of Inner Mongolia — fragments of bronze, bone, and DNA
West Liao River Mid‑Neolithic Echoes
Small skeletal sample from Banla Mountain reveals threads of Neolithic northeastern China
Shadows on the Adriatic: Albania BA–IA
A portrait of Bronze-to-Iron Age life in Albania through archaeology and maternal DNA
Echoes of Early Modern Albania
Five maternal lineages from 1400–1700 CE illuminate local continuity amid Ottoman-era change
Arroyo Seco II: Voices of the Early Holocene
Early Holocene hunter‑gatherers of Argentina revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
Beagle Channel Yamana (100 yrs ago)
Coastal hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
Laguna Chica: Pampas Foragers
Holocene lagoon dwellers of the Argentine Pampas where archaeology and ancient DNA meet
Haush of the Mitre Peninsula
Coastal foragers of Tierra del Fuego, seen through archaeology and DNA