Sopot of the Pannonian Plains
Middle Neolithic communities in eastern Croatia, seen through archaeology and ancient 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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Adriatic Threads: Medieval Croatia
Fragments of lives from Trogir to Vinkovci across 661–1636 CE
Zemunica Cardial Neolithic
Early Cardial-wave farmers on the Dalmatian coast, known from cave deposits and three ancient genomes
Late Imperial Dalmatia
Roman-era communities on the Adriatic coast revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
Osijek, Late Imperial Roman Echoes
Five late‑Roman individuals from Osijek reveal a mosaic of Mediterranean and continental threads
Popova Middle Neolithic Echoes
A Croation Neolithic farming community revealed by bones, pottery and DNA
Dalmatian Echoes: Trogir in the Roman Age
A coastal Roman-era community in Croatia illuminated by archaeology and ancient DNA
Cueva Calero Archaic Coast
Ancient coastal foragers of Matanzas whose bones whisper of deep American lineages
Canimar Abajo Archaic — Island Foragers
Coastal foragers of Matanzas (1400 BCE–1300 CE), revealed by shells, tools, and ancient DNA
Cueva de los Esqueletos: Late Ceramic Cuba
Cave burials in Camagüey reveal a fragmentary, living story of late precontact Cuba
Guayabo Blanco: Marshland Ancients
Archaic lifeways in the Ciénaga de Zapata, seen through artifacts and DNA
Echoes from Cueva del Perico
Archaeological and genetic traces of Archaic Cuba, Cueva del Perico I (Artemisa)