Ancient DNA reveals family ties, ancestry, sex, and bone disease in degraded Song Dynasty remains
Zhangliu: A Song Dynasty Burial Ground in the Huai River World In the river-shaped landscapes of eastern China, the Zhangliu site opens a vivid window into the Song Dynasty world. Located in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, this burial ground sits in the great meeting zone between north and south
Ancient DNA reveals diverse origins at a 7th-century Madrid burial site
El Rebollar: A Mountain Church Full of Surprises High in Spain's Sierra de Guadarrama, a seventh-century church at El Boalo served as both house of worship and house of the dead. At first glance it seems a remote, isolated place — yet the burials inside tell a far more
Roman Hispania’s Lasting Genetic Legacy
Roman Hispania: A Mediterranean Crossroads Before Rome, the Iberian Peninsula was a patchwork of local communities. Then came one of western Europe’s great turning points. Iberia became a central province in a vast system stretching from the Atlantic to Syria, transformed not just by conquest but by movement. SoldiersLatest Articles
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b
At Achzib on the northern coast of present-day Israel, one ancient man dated to around 585 BC carries an unusually evocative label: Phoenician. The sample, I11794, matters not because one burial can stand in for an entire people, but because it fixes the Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b within a very real
Haplogroup J2a1a1a2b2a1a1c2
At Bakr Awa in present-day Iraq, one ancient male dated to around 441 BC, sample A22025, offers a precise little window into a very large historical world. He lived in the age of the Achaemenid Empire, when northern Mesopotamia sat inside a political system that stretched from the Aegean to
Haplogroup I2a1a2a1b
At Els Trocs, high in the Spanish Pyrenees, archaeologists uncovered the remains of some of the earliest farming people known from Iberia. One of those men, sample I0412, dates to around 5206 BC. He matters here because he places the Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1a2a1b in a very early western European setting,
Haplogroup I2a1b1a1b1a1a4
At Szeleste in western Hungary, one man from the post-Roman centuries has become a small but telling witness to a much bigger historical upheaval. Sample SZL043, dated to around AD 525 and found in the Savaria-Szeleste area of Pannonia, belongs to the paternal line I2a1b1a1b1a1a4 as reported in MyTrueAncestry'
Haplogroup I2a1b1a2a2a1
At Wetwang Slack in East Yorkshire, one Iron Age burial has become a useful anchor for thinking about the Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1b1a2a2a1. The individual labelled I37160, dated to around 225 BC and identified with the Celtic Parisi milieu of Iron Age England, places this paternal line in one of the
Haplogroup Q1b2b1
At Verkhni Askiz in Khakassia, in southern Siberia, two Bronze Age men have become unexpectedly important for anyone interested in Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b2b1. They are known in ancient-DNA datasets as RISE670, dated to around 2009 BC, and RISE673, dated to around 2350 BC. Both are associated with the Okunevo horizon,
Haplogroup N2a
One of the earliest ancient men associated with Y-DNA haplogroup N2a appears in an unexpected place: the Botai culture of northern Kazakhstan, around 3185 BC. The individual known as BOT15 comes from a world famous for one reason above all others - horses. Botai settlements have become central to debatesCivilizations
Belgae Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Belgae The ethnic name Belgae comes from the Proto-Celtic word Bolgi which means "The People who Swell with anger or battle fury". These Celtic people lived north of the Gauls and Aquitani and differed by language, customs
Visigoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Visigoths The Visigoths emerged from earlier Germanic Gothic groups (possibly the Thervingi) who had invaded the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Relations between the Romans and the
Scythians Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Scythians Scythians had a reputation as the epitome of savagery and barbarism - they were among the earliest peoples to master mounted warfare. They lived in tent-covered wagons and fought with composite bows shot from horseback. With great mobility,
Ostrogoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Ostrogoths Originating from Scandinavia, the Goths of Eastern Europe were shattered when Attila and the Huns blasted onto the scene. The Gothic kingdom was split - those who crossed the Danube to enter the Roman Empire became the Visigoths.Haplogroups and Noble Lines
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b
At Achzib on the northern coast of present-day Israel, one ancient man dated to around 585 BC carries an unusually evocative label: Phoenician. The sample, I11794, matters not because one burial can stand in for an entire people, but because it fixes the Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b within a very real
Haplogroup J2a1a1a2b2a1a1c2
At Bakr Awa in present-day Iraq, one ancient male dated to around 441 BC, sample A22025, offers a precise little window into a very large historical world. He lived in the age of the Achaemenid Empire, when northern Mesopotamia sat inside a political system that stretched from the Aegean to
Haplogroup I2a1a2a1b
At Els Trocs, high in the Spanish Pyrenees, archaeologists uncovered the remains of some of the earliest farming people known from Iberia. One of those men, sample I0412, dates to around 5206 BC. He matters here because he places the Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1a2a1b in a very early western European setting,
Haplogroup I2a1b1a1b1a1a4
At Szeleste in western Hungary, one man from the post-Roman centuries has become a small but telling witness to a much bigger historical upheaval. Sample SZL043, dated to around AD 525 and found in the Savaria-Szeleste area of Pannonia, belongs to the paternal line I2a1b1a1b1a1a4 as reported in MyTrueAncestry'Latest Articles
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b
At Achzib on the northern coast of present-day Israel, one ancient man dated to around 585 BC carries an unusually evocative label: Phoenician. The sample, I11794, matters not because one burial can stand in for an entire people, but because it fixes the Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1a1c1b within a very real
Haplogroup J2a1a1a2b2a1a1c2
At Bakr Awa in present-day Iraq, one ancient male dated to around 441 BC, sample A22025, offers a precise little window into a very large historical world. He lived in the age of the Achaemenid Empire, when northern Mesopotamia sat inside a political system that stretched from the Aegean to
Haplogroup I2a1a2a1b
At Els Trocs, high in the Spanish Pyrenees, archaeologists uncovered the remains of some of the earliest farming people known from Iberia. One of those men, sample I0412, dates to around 5206 BC. He matters here because he places the Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1a2a1b in a very early western European setting,
Haplogroup I2a1b1a1b1a1a4
At Szeleste in western Hungary, one man from the post-Roman centuries has become a small but telling witness to a much bigger historical upheaval. Sample SZL043, dated to around AD 525 and found in the Savaria-Szeleste area of Pannonia, belongs to the paternal line I2a1b1a1b1a1a4 as reported in MyTrueAncestry'
Haplogroup I2a1b1a2a2a1
At Wetwang Slack in East Yorkshire, one Iron Age burial has become a useful anchor for thinking about the Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1b1a2a2a1. The individual labelled I37160, dated to around 225 BC and identified with the Celtic Parisi milieu of Iron Age England, places this paternal line in one of the
Haplogroup Q1b2b1
At Verkhni Askiz in Khakassia, in southern Siberia, two Bronze Age men have become unexpectedly important for anyone interested in Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b2b1. They are known in ancient-DNA datasets as RISE670, dated to around 2009 BC, and RISE673, dated to around 2350 BC. Both are associated with the Okunevo horizon,
