A prehistoric French woman’s DNA tells the story 5:00 PM CDT on October 23, 2026 Although the Gravettian culture was widespread throughout Europe, the Gravettians themselves clustered into two distinct genetic groups—one in the western Europe and one in central and eastern…
Iron Age people were on the move 5:00 PM CST on November 5, 2026 The origins of the Germanic languages (English, German, Dutch, and the Nordic languages) have been the subject of debate for decades among linguists. Now geneticists are getting in on…
Home › Historical News Research led by Prof. Eske Willerslev, Prof. Hugh McColl, Prof. Guus Kroonen (University of Copenhagen) Rock art in the King’s Grave at Kivik (Kiviksgraven) in southern Sweden, an exceptionally large Bronze Age burial monument dating to c.
THE next talk to the Ingleborough Archaeology Group will look at ancient DNA. The analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA) is contributing to a revolution in how we view our past. It is one of the new scientific techniques that are…
Not ready for Pro? Join Live Science Plus A high-status burial surprised archaeologists when they discovered leprosy in a man's bones from the fifth century. Archaeologists investigating the genomes of a dozen people buried in an abandoned Roman-era settlement in…
Ancient DNA from 712 newly sequenced individuals points to a previously unknown migration into Scandinavia about 4,000 years ago. The newcomers may have brought the earliest Germanic, the common ancestor of English, German, Dutch and the Nordic languages. English, German, Dutch and…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen trace the origins of Germanic languages back 4,000 years and reshape our understanding of Viking ancestry. A companion study also sheds new light on where Celtic la image: Rock art in the King’s Grave at…
More than one billion people worldwide speak Germanic languages such as English, German and Dutch, whereas Celtic languages — including Welsh, Irish and Gaelic — are spoken by only two or three million people, mostly in northern Europe. A pair of studies…
Why do people speak Germanic languages such as English in England and Swedish in Sweden, but Celtic languages in Ireland, Wales and Brittany? The dispersal of languages is one of the enigmas of European prehistory. Two new studies in Nature,…
Why do people speak Germanic languages such as English in England and Swedish in Sweden, but Celtic languages in Ireland, Wales and Brittany? The dispersal of languages is one of the enigmas of European prehistory. Two new studies in Nature,…
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