A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.

A new study, looking at the sex-specifically inherited X chromosome of prehistoric human remains, shows that hardly any women took part in the extensive migration from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe ...

Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads. Science Advances , 2018; 4 (10): eaat4457 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457 Cite This Page : ...

This is shown in a new study on Bronze and Iron Age genetics of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, situated in the Black Sea region. The article is published in the scientific journal Science Advances.

Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease history ... and large-scale migrations of pastoralist from the Pontic Steppe – played a decisive role in the spread of these diseases. ...