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Ancient DNA Shows Malaria Killed Two Medici Brothers

Genomes recovered from rib bones reveal P. falciparum in Cardinal Giovanni and a mixed P. falciparum/P. malariae infection in Grand Duke Francesco, overturning centuries of poisoning rumors.

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Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

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Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

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Ancient DNA Review Finds Prehistoric Kinship Often Beyond Blood

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Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Humans 15,800 Years Ago

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Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

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Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs in Eurasia 14,000–16,000 Years Ago

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Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Humans 15,800 Years Ago

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Study Traces Live Amazonian Parrots Carried Across Andes to Pre-Inca Coast

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Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

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5,500-Year-Old Colombian Skeleton Yields Oldest Treponema pallidum Genome

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Ancient Colombian Skeleton Yields Oldest Genome of Syphilis-Related Bacterium

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Wolf Pup’s Stomach Yields Woolly Rhino Genome, Pointing to Climate-Driven Collapse

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Ancient Wolves Reached Baltic Island With Human Help, Study Finds

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New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England

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Ancient DNA Shows Housecats Originated in North Africa and Reached Europe Only 2,000 Years Ago

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Ancient DNA Rewrites Cat Origins With Roman-Era Spread From North Africa

Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA Shows Malaria Killed Two Medici Brothers

Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

Plague Hit Lake Baikal Hunter‑Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

DNA Study Ties Maryland’s First Colonists to 1.3 Million Living Relatives

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

Ancient DNA Review Finds Prehistoric Kinship Often Beyond Blood

Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Humans 15,800 Years Ago

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs in Eurasia 14,000–16,000 Years Ago

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Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Humans 15,800 Years Ago

Study Traces Live Amazonian Parrots Carried Across Andes to Pre-Inca Coast

Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

5,500-Year-Old Colombian Skeleton Yields Oldest Treponema pallidum Genome

Ancient Colombian Skeleton Yields Oldest Genome of Syphilis-Related Bacterium

Wolf Pup’s Stomach Yields Woolly Rhino Genome, Pointing to Climate-Driven Collapse

Ancient Wolves Reached Baltic Island With Human Help, Study Finds

New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England

Ancient DNA Shows Housecats Originated in North Africa and Reached Europe Only 2,000 Years Ago

Ancient DNA Rewrites Cat Origins With Roman-Era Spread From North Africa

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