A new study reveals that plague was lethal thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic.
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A new study reveals the final stage in the formation of the European genome, which is still present in many people today.
Findings from a new study challenge the traditional view that a heavy reliance on plant-based diets started only with the advent of agriculture.
It is unusual to find a tomb so intact and so well preserved.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
The rectangular stone structures known as mustatils were used thousands of years ago for sacrificing animals to an unknown deity – perhaps in response to ancient climate change.
A folklorist explains how Halloween continues an ancient Celtic tradition of the celebration of the dead.
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Professor of Neolithic Archaeology, Cardiff University
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Mathematician and Ancient DNA Researcher, Adelaide University
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, co-responsable de l'équipe Épigénome et paléogénome de l'Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité
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Directeur de Recherche CNRS, co-responsable d'équipe de recherche, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité
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Paléogénéticienne, Université de Bordeaux
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Chercheur post-doctoral, Institut Pasteur
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Ph.D, Leiden University
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Professor of Anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Stephen Shennan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Theoretical Archaeology, UCL