DNA Spotlights · Ancient and Historical Cultures
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Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Archaeology and DNA from the Lech Valley to Central Bohemia, 2200–800 BCE
Early European Farmers (5800–4786 BCE): settlements, pottery, and the genetics of migration
A sweeping Bronze Age horizon across the Kazakh steppe, seen through archaeology and ancient DNA
Genetic and archaeological portrait of the Mongol world across the steppe (550–1600 CE)
Genetic and archaeological echoes from Sweden and Denmark (4315–1009 BCE)
A long human story from Mesolithic lakeshores to medieval trade nodes, seen through archaeology and DNA
A millennia-spanning portrait linking archaeological sites and DNA from Neolithic to Post‑Medieval Denmark.
Chalcolithic communities of the lower Danube revealed through archaeology and DNA
A coastal people traced through shell middens, plank boats, and ancient DNA
Gravettian-era hunter-gatherers across ice-age Europe revealed by archaeology and DNA
Cosmopolitan peoples shaped by trade, conquest, and local roots across the Hellenistic Mediterranean.
A thousand-year story of East African coastal towns shaped by Indian Ocean exchange and mixed ancestry
